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Party discipline and disruptions of legislative business: evidence from India
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In this paper, the authors contribute to the literature on legislative disruptions by introducing a novel explanation for why legislators choose to disrupt legislative business, which is usually perceived as a form of self-defense.Abstract:
The paper contributes to the literature on legislative disruptions by introducing a novel explanation for why legislators choose to disrupt legislative business. Disruptions are usually perceived a...read more
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Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House
Gary W. Cox,Mathew D. McCubbins +1 more
TL;DR: Cox and McCubbins as mentioned in this paper view the majority parties in the House as a species of "legislative cartel" and argue that the majority party has all the structural advantages.
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Bonding, Structure and the Stability of Political Parties: Party Government in the House
Gary W. Cox,Mathew D. McCubbins +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the rules of the House Democratic Caucus and find that they do in fact contain the essential elements of an effective, extralegislative bonding mechanism.
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Bonding, Structure and the Stability of Political Parties: Party Government in the House
Gary W. Cox,Mathew D. McCubbins +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the rules of the House Democratic Caucus and find that they do in fact contain the essential elements of an effective, extralegislative bonding mechanism.
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Party organization and party proliferation in India
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the level of party organization has a significant impact on the nature of the party system, and they find that in Indian states where parties are more organized, both the effective number of parties and electoral volatility are lower.
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