Beschreibung:
"Chhibber and Kollman provide the most extensive and careful study of a relatively neglected but important issue--party aggregation--and a compelling case for the importance of centralization in explaining over-time trends in party aggregation."--Gary Cox, University of California, San Diego, author of Making Votes Count
List of Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgments xiii CHAPTER ONE: Introduction 1 CHAPTER TWO: Electoral Competition at the Constituency Level 28 CHAPTER THREE: Party Aggregation 61 CHAPTER FOUR: From Local Notables to Party Competition 81 CHAPTER FIVE: Centralization and Provincialization 101 CHAPTER SIX: Dynamics of Party Aggregation 161 CHAPTER SEVEN: Party Aggregation in Four Countries 180 CHAPTER EIGHT: Conclusion 222 Appendix 239 Bibliography 243 Index 269