Rewarding the ‘traitors’? Legislative defection and re-election in Romania

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6315980
AutoresGherghina (0000-0002-6627-5598, Goethe University Frankfurt, autor de correspondencia), Sergiu Gherghina
Año2016
Volumen22
Número4
Páginas490-500
Fecha de publicación2016-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaParty Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1354-0688 • E-ISSN: 1460-3683
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1354068814550434
OpenAlexW2090246657
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas28

Legislative defection in political systems characterized by party dominance and cartelization is usually seen as damaging the members of parliament's (MPs') careers. Switching legislators does not portray an image of confidence and reliability and the MPs’ re-election is unlikely. Drawing on a dataset that includes all defector MPs in post-communist Romania until 2008, this article indicates that one in five defectors gets re-elected. The quest for explanations focuses on individual and party features. Results indicate that re-election of defectors is a function of the strategic behavior (the choice of the destination party) and the legislative experience of the defector. All these items count against party and legislative activity

Dominance (genetics · General election · Law and economics · Legislature · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Primary election · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies