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Same-Party Legislative Appointments and the Problem of Party-Switching [PDF]

open access: yesTexas 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.
Yeargain, Tyler
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Corruption Convictions and Legislative Party Switching

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Anticorruption campaigns increasingly involve the criminal prosecution of perpetrators of grand political corruption. While curbing political corruption may be a worthwhile cause it comes with unintended political side-effects, including the destabilization of legislative party systems.
Radu Andrei Pârvulescu, Maria Popova
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Paying to party: Candidate resources and party switching in new democracies [PDF]

open access: yesParty 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   +4 more
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L’instabilité politique en Polynésie française

open access: yesEchoGéo, 2007
Electoral system, weakness of ideology et party-switching may account for such an instability in French Polynesia. Party-Switching is an element of the Polynesian political culture: the Polynesian representatives have often thought that they were free to
Sémir Al Wardi
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Membongkar Veto Player dalam Politik Kepartaian Indonesia Menuju Pemilu 2014

open access: yesJSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, 2014
The article explains about how party elites, then identified as veto players, in Indonesia’s 2014 election organize themselve into party organization. The authority institutionalization of the veto player creates a decisional and positional quadrant of ...
Arya Budi
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Prophetic Disappointment and Ideological Change among Israeli Settlers’ Rabbis: The Case of Rabbis Yehuda Amital and Shmuel Tal

open access: yesReligions, 2021
In this article, I examine the role of prophetic disappointment in creating ideological change. I discuss the response of two Orthodox rabbis, Rabbi Yehuda Amital (1924–2010) and Rabbi Shmuel Tal (b.
Motti Inbari
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Pattern of Party Switching in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic (2015 – 2021): Implication for Democratic Sustainability

open access: yesIlorin Journal of Administration and Development, 2023
One aspect of multi-party politics in Nigeria and Africa in general continues to be party switching. Political observers in Nigeria continue to be divided over the persistent practice of the phenomenon in the Fourth Republic, which is based on ...
Ridwan Adedamola YUSUFF   +1 more
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Face Maintenance Rituals and Communication Strategies Used in Puja Astawa’s YouTube Videos

open access: yesLensa: Kajian Kebahasaan, Kesusastraan, dan Budaya, 2023
YouTube, a video sharing platform, is famously used these days, not only due to its function as part of entertainment, but also a media of interaction.
Novita Mulyana, Yana Qomariana
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Legislative party switching between government and opposition in Guatemala

open access: yesAmérica Latina Hoy, 2018
Legislative transfuguism is one of the main weaknesses of the party system in Guatemala. It fosters constant reconfigurations of power relations in Congress, calling into question the functioning of democracy.
Margarita JIMÉNEZ BADILLO
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Alaska Electoral Reform: The Top 4 Primary and Ranked-Choice-Voting

open access: yesCalifornia Journal of Politics and Policy, 2023
Why did Alaska develop a top 4, Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) system? This article explains the role a blanket primary played in the evolution of Alaska’s nominating process, beset by demands of the rising Alaska Republican Party (ARP) to protect its rights
Jerry McBeath
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