Patterns of Legislative Politics Roll-Call Voting in Latin America and the United States

Using the United States as a basis of comparison, this book, first published in 2004, makes extensive use of roll call data to explore patterns of legislative politics in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. It distinguishes among parties, factions, coalitions and delegations based on the extent to...

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Main Author: Morgenstern, Scott
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K Cambridge University Press 03.11.2003
Edition:1
Subjects:
American studies
Comparative analysis
Congress
Electoral systems
Latin America
Legislative bodies
Legislative bodies > Southern Cone of South America > Voting
Legislature
Political sociology
Southern Cone of South America
U.S.A
United States
United States. Congress > Voting
Voting
Voting behaviour
ISBN:9780521820561, 1107404800, 9781107404809, 0521820561
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Summary:Using the United States as a basis of comparison, this book, first published in 2004, makes extensive use of roll call data to explore patterns of legislative politics in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. It distinguishes among parties, factions, coalitions and delegations based on the extent to which they are unified in their voting and/or willing to form policy coalitions with other legislative 'agents'. It discusses the voting unity and ballot systems that allow voters to identify an agent, and describes the degree to which those agents have been flexible with regards to the formation of policy coalitions. It also shows that the US parties have exhibited higher levels of unity but less flexibility in recent years, and thus contrast the prevailing pattern in Latin America. The book focuses its explanation for the patterns on the role of candidate nominations, other aspects of the electoral system and the legislators' ideological alignments.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-214) and index
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ISBN:9780521820561
1107404800
9781107404809
0521820561
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511510328