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Explaining Party Switching in an Institutionalised Party System: The Case of South Africa

Journal of Southern African Studies
Institutionalised party systems are said to foster stronger party allegiances and fewer switches. However, this expectation is called into question when we observe the case of South Africa. Despite being characterised by a highly institutionalised dominant party system as well as party-centred electoral and candidate selection rules, South Africa has ...
Edalina Sanches, Yani Kartalis, Hangala Siachiwena   +2 more
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The Morality of Party Switching [PDF]

Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2022
ABSTRACTParty switching by members of Parliament is a common phenomenon in democracies. Despite several empirical investigations of this phenomenon, party switching has not yet been investigated from a moral point of view. This article aims to fill this gap.
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Staying With the Party, Switching or Exiting? A Comparative Analysis of Determinants of Party Switching and Abstaining [PDF]

Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 2015
A large body of literature has investigated the factors that lead to abstention on the one hand or vote volatility on the other hand. We argue in this paper that the most fruitful approach is to simultaneously consider the exit, voice, and loyalty options.
Dassonneville, Ruth, Blais, Andre, Dejaeghere, Yves   +2 more
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Paying to party: Candidate resources and party switching in new democracies [PDF]

Party Politics, 2021
Party switching among legislative candidates has important implications for accountability and representation in democratizing countries. We argue that party switching is influenced by campaign costs tied to the clientelistic politics that persist in many such countries.
Leonardo R Arriola, Donghyun Danny Choi, Justine M Davis, Melanie L Phillips, Lise Rakner   +4 more
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Parties for Rent? Ambition, Ideology, and Party Switching in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies [PDF]

American Journal of Political Science, 2005
Party switching by legislators has been common in many countries, including the Philippines, Italy, Nepal, Ecuador, Russia, and Japan. While frequently dismissed as simply an indicator of a weak parties, switching provides a unique window on party systems.
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Same-Party Legislative Appointments and the Problem of Party-Switching

Texas A&M Law Review, 2020
For half of the states and almost every territory in the United States, legislative vacancies are filled by some system of temporary appointments rather than by special elections. Most of these systems utilize “same-party” appointments to ensure continuity of representation.
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In the absence of values and ideologies, Party-switching in Nigeria is inevitable. [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018
<p>This paper aims to explore the absence of values and ideologies within the political parties and how it contributes towards party switching, using the Nigerian political scene as a focus point. The personal values and ideologies of individual politicians was questioned as well.
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Predicting party switching through machine learning and open data. [PDF]

iScience, 2023
Meneghetti N, Pacini F, Biondi Dal Monte F, Cracchiolo M, Rossi E, Mazzoni A, Micera S.   +6 more
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Bilingual Families Align Their Languages During Naturalistic Interactions: Evidence from Two Bilingual Communities. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Fibla L, Kosie JE, Tsui RK, Potter CE, Lew-Williams C, Byers-Heinlein K.   +5 more
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Real-world outcomes after switching to faricimab in treatment-resistant diabetic macular edema: A 1-year observational study with choroidal thickness assessment. [PDF]

PLoS One
Tomemori R, Mori H, Tanaka M, Kiriishi T, Omi M, Hattori Y, Oba S, Ohnaka M, Imai H.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source