Party Formation and Changes of Party Affiliation Among Legislators: The United States and Great Britain in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries.

Authors :: Mershon, Carol
Nokken, Timothy
Source :: Conference Papers -- Midwestern Political Science Association. 2008 Annual Meeting, p1-47. 48p. 7 Charts, 1 Graph.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: We compare factors within and outside of the legislative arena that influenced legislators' decisions to change party affiliations in Great Britain and the United States in 19th and early 20th centuries. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: *UNITED States legislators
*STATESMEN
*POLITICAL affiliation
*POLITICAL parties
*POLITICAL participation

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