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The mandate of political representatives with special reference to floor crossing: a legal historical studyJoubert, Leonardus Kolbe 30 September 2006 (has links)
South Africa has had a free mandate theory of representation up to 1994. From 1994 to 2002 an imperative theory applied and in 2003 a limited hybrid free mandate was introduced. The origin of parliament, the development of representation as a concept in Public Law and the birth of political parties are studied. It is shown that parliament and representation were natural developments that occurred at the same time, not by grand design, but by chance.
It is also shown that political parties appeared first as informal intra-parliamentary groupings that developed into extra-parliamentary organisations, organised to achieve and exercise power in the political system as the franchise became more liberal.
The factors that influence a member's mandate and floor-crossing as such are discussed.
Finally it is concluded that from a legal historical perspective, a free mandate of representation is the preferred theory of representation in public law. / Jurisprudence / LL.M. (Public Law)
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An investigation of the political factors contribution to floor crossing in the Malawi National Assembly : 2003-2009Maganga, Anne Grace 06 1900 (has links)
Floor crossing was an unknown phenomenon in Malawi until the re-emergence of multiparty
politics in 1994. Since then the number of MPs crossing the floor in the Malawi National
Assembly has steadily increased from around twelve in 1994 to more than sixty in 2005. This
practice has continued even today. However, the biggest incident of floor crossing took place in
2005 when the State President, Dr Bingu wa Mutharika, under the United Democratic Front
(UDF) decided to abandon the party that sponsored him into office to form his own, the
Democratic Progressive Party in February, 2005. Following him were several opposition MPs, a
move which sparked a lot of tension in the National Assembly.
The purpose of this study was to investigate political factors contributing to this phenomenon,
and it was established that, among other factors, institutional weaknesses of political parties and
gaps in the Constitution contributed significantly to floor crossing. / Political Science / M.A. (African Politics)
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The mandate of political representatives with special reference to floor crossing: a legal historical studyJoubert, Leonardus Kolbe 30 September 2006 (has links)
South Africa has had a free mandate theory of representation up to 1994. From 1994 to 2002 an imperative theory applied and in 2003 a limited hybrid free mandate was introduced. The origin of parliament, the development of representation as a concept in Public Law and the birth of political parties are studied. It is shown that parliament and representation were natural developments that occurred at the same time, not by grand design, but by chance.
It is also shown that political parties appeared first as informal intra-parliamentary groupings that developed into extra-parliamentary organisations, organised to achieve and exercise power in the political system as the franchise became more liberal.
The factors that influence a member's mandate and floor-crossing as such are discussed.
Finally it is concluded that from a legal historical perspective, a free mandate of representation is the preferred theory of representation in public law. / Jurisprudence / LL.M. (Public Law)
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An investigation of the political factors contributing to floor crossing in the Malawi National Assembly : 2003-2009Maganga, Anne Grace 06 1900 (has links)
Floor crossing was an unknown phenomenon in Malawi until the re-emergence of multiparty
politics in 1994. Since then the number of MPs crossing the floor in the Malawi National
Assembly has steadily increased from around twelve in 1994 to more than sixty in 2005. This
practice has continued even today. However, the biggest incident of floor crossing took place in
2005 when the State President, Dr Bingu wa Mutharika, under the United Democratic Front
(UDF) decided to abandon the party that sponsored him into office to form his own, the
Democratic Progressive Party in February, 2005. Following him were several opposition MPs, a
move which sparked a lot of tension in the National Assembly.
The purpose of this study was to investigate political factors contributing to this phenomenon,
and it was established that, among other factors, institutional weaknesses of political parties and
gaps in the Constitution contributed significantly to floor crossing. / Political Science / M.A. (African Politics)
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Gubernatorial coattail effects in state legislative elections : a reexaminationLang, Matthew Joseph 11 December 2013 (has links)
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Prior studies on state legislative elections have found gubernatorial coattails playing a key role; however, they fail to examine the temporal and state-based trends of this phenomena. Using precinct level data from nine states (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming), over two election cycles (2002 and 2006), I measure the importance a state’s ideological makeup, and a governor’s institutional powers has on gubernatorial coattails. Findings reaffirm the importance of coattails, and previously researched variables; however, the addition of the above measures greatly affects coattail strength, dependent on host of controlling factors.
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