Skewing Chaos: The Role of Political Parties in Paraguay's Legislature

This monograph examines the role of political parties in the Paraguayan legislature and the phenomenon of legislative chaos. It proposes a way to incorporate chaos into existing legislative theories and provides a robust theoretical contribution to the study of legislative politics and Paraguay's political system.

Format: Hardback
Length: 280 pages
Publication date: 15 March 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This comprehensive monograph delves into the intricate dynamics of political parties within the Paraguayan legislature, utilizing Paraguay as a captivating case study. By examining the phenomenon of legislative chaos, the author sheds light on a phenomenon that has historically been anticipated in legislatures since as early as 1785, as noted by Arrow (1951) and Condorcet (1785). However, it has largely remained unseen in real-world legislatures for much of history, as documented by Tullock (1967) and Tullock and Brennan (1981). Through the demonstration of chaos's existence in Paraguay and the subsequent proposal of a framework to incorporate chaos into existing legislative theories, this volume establishes a model that possesses greater generalizability to diverse legislative contexts compared to the existing models. This book makes a substantial theoretical contribution to the study of legislative politics and the political system of Paraguay, captivating both researchers and students engaged in the examination of legislative behavior and Latin American politics.

Weight: 612g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031186240
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023