Party System Change in Legislatures Worldwide

In this book, Carol Mershon and Olga Shvetsova explore one of the central questions in democratic politics: how much autonomy do elected politicians have to shape and reshape the party system on their own, without the direct involvement of voters in elections? Mershon and Shvetsova''s theory focuses on the choices of party membership made by legislators while serving in office. It identifies the i...