;)
Unity through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior
Why do supposedly accountability-enhancing electoral reforms often fail in young democracies? How can legislators serve their constituents when parties control the necessary resources? Unity through Particularism sheds light on these questions and more by explaining how parties can use personal vote-seeking incentives in order to decrease intraparty dissent. Studying a unique electoral reform in Mexico, the book provides a detailed description of how institutional incentives can conflict.It draws on a variety of rich, original data sources on legislative behavior and organization in twenty Mexican states to develop a novel explanation of how electoral reforms can amplify competing institutional incentives