Party discipline parliamentary politics 1st Edition by Christopher Kam 1107402697 978-1107402690

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ISBN 10: 1107402697
ISBN 13: 978-1107402690
Author:  Christopher J. Kam

One of the chief tasks facing political leaders is to build and maintain unity within their parties. This text examines the relationship between party leaders and Members of Parliament in Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, showing how the two sides interact and sometimes clash. Christopher J. Kam demonstrates how incentives for MPs to dissent from their parties have been amplified by a process of partisan dealignment that has created electorates of non-partisan voters who reward shows of political independence. Party leaders therefore rely on a mixture of strategies to offset these electoral pressures, from offering MPs advancement to threatening discipline, and ultimately relying on a long-run process of socialization to temper their MPs’ dissension. Kam reveals the underlying structure of party unity in modern Westminster parliamentary politics, and drives home the point that social norms and socialization reinforce rather than displace appeals to MPs’ self-interest.

Party discipline parliamentary politics 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1 | 1-20 pages
Introduction

Chapter 2 | 21-37 pages
A Model of Intra-Party Politics

Chapter 3 | 38-74 pages
Patterns of Backbench Dissent in Four Westminster Parliamentary Systems, 1945–2005

Chapter 4 | 75-102 pages
Policy Preferences and Backbench Dissent in Great Britain and Canada

Chapter 5 | 103-129 pages
Dissent, Constituency Service, and the Personal Vote in Great Britain and New Zealand

Chapter 6 | 130-149 pages
The Cost of Dissent to the Party

Chapter 7 | 150-168 pages
Demotion and Dissent in the Canadian Liberal Party, 1991–1997

Chapter 8 | 169-188 pages
Discipline and Dissent in the Australian Coalition, 1996–1998

Chapter 9 | 189-204 pages
Career Trajectories, Socialization, and Backbench Dissent in the British House of Commons

Chapter 10 | 205-210 pages
Conclusion

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