Party Structure and Backbench Dissent in the Canadian and British Parliaments Export

@article{garner_party_2005, abstract = {In this paper we analyze intra-party determinants of dissenting behaviour using samples of British and Canadian government backbenchers. Controlling for the range of factors traditionally considered to be important predictors of dissenting behaviour, we find that the major factor determining cross-voting, next to MPs' tenure, is perceptions of isolation from party communication and influence channels. This effect is particularly visible among Labour MPs with long tenure, as their ideological position is more extreme than that of party leaders, which reinforces the effect of isolation. The results suggest that the difference of dissent levels between the Canadian and British Houses of Commons can be explained by the frontbenchers' approach to managing the major resource of the party, i.e., the backbenchers.}, author = {Garner, Christopher and Letki, Natalia}, citeulike-article-id = {2552383}, journal = {Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique}, keywords = {bibtex-import, exitvoiceloyalty}, pages = {463--482}, posted-at = {2008-03-18 17:58:25}, priority = {4}, title = {Party Structure and Backbench Dissent in the Canadian and British Parliaments}, volume = {38}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - garner_party_2005 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2552383 N2 - In this paper we analyze intra-party determinants of dissenting behaviour using samples of British and Canadian government backbenchers. Controlling for the range of factors traditionally considered to be important predictors of dissenting behaviour, we find that the major factor determining cross-voting, next to MPs' tenure, is perceptions of isolation from party communication and influence channels. This effect is particularly visible among Labour MPs with long tenure, as their ideological position is more extreme than that of party leaders, which reinforces the effect of isolation. The results suggest that the difference of dissent levels between the Canadian and British Houses of Commons can be explained by the frontbenchers' approach to managing the major resource of the party, i.e., the backbenchers. JF - Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique EP - 482 TI - Party Structure and Backbench Dissent in the Canadian and British Parliaments VL - 38 SP - 463 KW - bibtex-import KW - exitvoiceloyalty AU - Garner, Christopher AU - Letki, Natalia PY - 2005/// ER -