High discipline, low cohesion? the uncertain patterns of canadian parliamentary party groups

Malloy, Jonathan

doi:10.1080/1357233042000306290

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“…Although it may be premature to over-draw conclusions based on one case, the results of the CMA free vote do provide some evidence that the rhetoric of constituency-based free voting may be eroding the storied cohesion of Canadian parliamentary voting behavior (Malloy 2003(Malloy , 2004. Two divisive issues in 2010-family planning programs in a bill to promote maternal health in developing countries and the federal long-gun registry-only illustrate this point further.…”

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confidence: 92%

Free Votes, MPs, and Constituents: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage in Canada

Overby

Raymond

Taydaş

2011

American Review of Canadian Studies

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

Free Votes, MPs, and Constituents: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage in Canada

Overby

Raymond

Taydaş

2011

American Review of Canadian Studies

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“…Malloy's (2003) arguments regarding the rigidity of Canada's party discipline system does raise the question of whether the Canadian party system is institutionally receptive to religiosity-based entrepreneurship. Malloy's (2003) arguments regarding the rigidity of Canada's party discipline system does raise the question of whether the Canadian party system is institutionally receptive to religiosity-based entrepreneurship.…”

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Religion, Religiosity, and the Moral Divide in Canadian Politics

Ang

Petrocik

2012

Politics and Religion

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AbstractSocial group conflict along regional, ethnic, linguistic, and religious cleavages is deeply embedded in the Canadian historical experience. Contemporary analyses, however, have deprecated the role of religion and religiosity in shaping Canadians' political attitudes. This analysis demonstrates that religion and religiosity are significant correlates of Canadian attitudes on moral issues, paralleling the pattern observed in the United States. It demonstrates that the religious cleavage has been a salient feature of Canadian politics for some time and considers whether the contemporary moral divide could serve as a portent of cultural-religious conflict in Canada if a “political entrepreneur” articulated an issue agenda linked to these religion-based differences.

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“…86 Epstein 1964. 87 Malloy 2003. 88 Katznelson 2011Spirling 2014. always been linked to the development of party organizations.…”

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Unity in Diversity? The Development of Political Parties in the Parliament of Canada, 1867–2011

Godbout¹,

Høyland²

2015

Brit. J. Polit. Sci.

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What explains the development of legislative party voting unity? Evidence from the United States and Britain indicate that partisan sorting, cohort replacement effects, electoral incentives, and agenda control contributed to enhancing party cohesion during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Here, these mechanisms are evaluated by analysing a dataset containing all the recorded votes from the Canadian House of Commons, 1867-2011. Overall, we find that partisan sorting and the government's ability to control the agenda are central to the consolidation of parties over time. Our results underscore the need to integrate institutional rules and legislative agendas into models of parliamentary voting behaviour and suggest that strict party discipline can lead to the development of a multi-party system in the legislative arena.The emergence of permanently organized and disciplined political parties represents one of the most important developments in the history of modern parliaments. 1 While there is a vast literature on the influence of parties in the legislative arena today, we lack a clear understanding of how party org1anizations transform over time. Scholars generally agree that as the influence of representative assemblies increased during the nineteenth century, a number of countries began experiencing major political changes that prompted lawmakers to modify their behaviour in the legislature. As a result, parties became increasingly unified, primarily in response to the extension of suffrage and the modernization of the legislative process. 2 Although previous research appears to suggest a direct relationship between parliamentary organization and electoral politics, we find a wide range of competing theories to explain the emergence of party cohesion in the legislative arena. 3 Thus far, scholars have claimed that several different factors, such as the centralization of the leadership structure or the changing ideological preferences of members (either through replacement or socialization), have contributed to an increased number of partisan votes in the British Parliament and American Congress throughout the nineteenth century. 4 And while this trend has been observed in many other established democracies since then, empirical studies of these older cases are scarce and

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High discipline, low cohesion? the uncertain patterns of canadian parliamentary party groups

Cited by 38 publications

References 4 publications

Free Votes, MPs, and Constituents: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage in Canada

Free Votes, MPs, and Constituents: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage in Canada

Religion, Religiosity, and the Moral Divide in Canadian Politics

Unity in Diversity? The Development of Political Parties in the Parliament of Canada, 1867–2011

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