This article contributes to the existing literature on legislative party switching by exploring this phenomenon in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Legislature XVI, 2008- . In the time span under consideration (2008-2011) almost one sixth of the MPS have switched parliamentary party on at least one occasion. Our research re-evaluates hypotheses proposed in the literature using an original data set and tests a new event based model of party switching. The analysis shows that policy tensions constitute one of the main motivations for party switching, and the determinants of switching have different effects during the lifetime of a legislature.
A. Di Virgilio, D.Giannetti, L. Pinto (2012). Patterns of Party Switching in the Italian Chamber of Deputies 2008-2011. RIVISTA ITALIANA DI SCIENZA POLITICA, XLII(1), 29-57.
Patterns of Party Switching in the Italian Chamber of Deputies 2008-2011
DI VIRGILIO, ALDO;GIANNETTI, DANIELA;PINTO, LUCA
2012
Abstract
This article contributes to the existing literature on legislative party switching by exploring this phenomenon in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Legislature XVI, 2008- . In the time span under consideration (2008-2011) almost one sixth of the MPS have switched parliamentary party on at least one occasion. Our research re-evaluates hypotheses proposed in the literature using an original data set and tests a new event based model of party switching. The analysis shows that policy tensions constitute one of the main motivations for party switching, and the determinants of switching have different effects during the lifetime of a legislature.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
