The Conditional Effect of Electoral Systems and Intraparty Candidate Selection Processes on Parties' Behavior. Issue 1 (11th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shomer, Yael
• Is Part Of: Legislative studies quarterly. Volume 42:Issue 1(2017:Feb.)
• Page Start: 63
• Page End: 96
• Publication Date: 2016-05-11
• Subjects: Legislative bodies -- Periodicals; Parlement; Procédure législative; Système parlementaire; Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme); Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 328
• DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12141
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0362-9805

Abstract

Abstract : How do electoral systems and intraparty candidate selection procedures affect party unity? In this article, I distinguish theoretically and empirically between electoral systems and candidate selections and argue that the influence of selection processes on parties' behavior is conditional on electoral system (and vice versa). Measuring parties' unity using Rice and weighted Rice scores, and applying hierarchical models to a new data set of 249 parties in 24 countries, I find support for the claim that the influence of selection processes on behavior is greater under electoral systems that encourage personal vote‐seeking incentives than under electoral systems that encourage party centeredness.