Parties as Strategic Actors

Abstract

Studies of parties’ legislative behaviour have long concentrated mainly on purely institutional incentives for strategic action. However, this severely underestimates the effects of rules of the game which are not written down in a constitution but have are nevertheless important means for strategic behaviour. This panel discusses these and related issues. Additionally, the panel will also incorporate how parties or party factions use different political levels (i.e. subnational, national, EU) to resolve inter-and even intra-party conflicts.

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