Flooring the cross?

SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2007
TITLE AUTHOR(S): B.Roberts
KEYWORDS: SOCIAL ATTITUDES SURVEY
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 4957
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/5718
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5718

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Abstract

The September floor-crossing season is over, and political parties and analysts again had a field day, reinvigorating the debate on whether the floor-crossing legislation should be abolished. But how do the constituents feel about the fact that the councillors, members of provincial legislatures (MPLs) and members of parliament (MPs) whom they have elected can walk over to a political party whose policies they do not support?