Political Party Switching: It's More Fun in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Mendoza, Ronald U, Cruz, Jan Frederick, Yap, David B, II
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2014
• Subjects: party switching; political parties; political platforms; Political Science; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/140; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2492913
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Excessive party switching potentially weakens accountability and ideological coherence based on which party-based democracies operate. This study empirically analyzes party switching in the Philippine House of Representations, touching on issues at the macro-level (e.g. the legislative model) to the...