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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Table of Contents:
  • The Electoral System and the Strength of the Nominator -- Electoral Systems and Formal Nomination Control -- The Extent of Nomination Control -- Other Limiting Factors -- Assessment and Alternative Explanations -- a note on the formation of factions -- Electoral Laws, Nomination Control, and Factions -- conclusion: discipline, cohesion, and unity -- 5 Explaining Voting Unity -- nomination control -- cohesion -- Volatility and Common Electoral Fates -- Federalism and Geographic Concentration of Legislators -- Ideology -- Ins, Outs and the Electoral Cycle -- toward a multivariate test -- conclusion -- appendix 5.1 components of variance model -- appendix 5.2 agents' left-right placement -- 6 Policy Coalitions and Agent Flexibility -- defining coalitions and flexibility in presidential regimes -- the sources of flexibility in multiagent presidential systems -- Common External Force: Ideological Moderation -- internal hypotheses -- Agent Ideology -- Association with the Executive or Majority Coalition -- Unity -- Electoral Cycle -- flexibility patterns and tests -- Argentina: Majority Parties and Unity -- Brazil: Ideological Positions, Cabinet Membership, and the Electoral Cycle -- Chile: Ins, Outs, Ideology, and the Electoral Cycle -- Uruguay: Electoral Alliances, the Electoral Cycle, and Ideology -- United States -- summary -- 7 Conclusion -- a summary of findings -- patterns of legislative politics and limited explanations -- the next steps -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Author Index
  • Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Tables and Figures -- tables -- figures -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Party, Faction, and Coalition Names and Abbreviations -- 1 Patterns of Legislative Politics -- identifiability and democracy -- flexibility and democracy -- the objects of study: legislatures and legislative actors -- The Choice of Cases -- Legislatures in Latin America -- Legislative Agents and a Critique of Party-Centric Theory -- combining the issues -- a note on the use of roll-call data -- plan of the book -- 2 Representation and the Agent System -- parties, factions, and alliances: a congruence of definitions -- Can Goals Define Parties? -- Can Labels Define Parties? -- Can Organizational Types Define Parties? -- weaknesses in party-centric democratic theory -- Coalition Theory, Representation, and System Fragmentation -- Party Organization and System Institutionalization -- Weaknesses: Justifications and Ramifications -- defining the agents -- implications and conclusion -- 3 Identifying Agents -- the balloting systems -- analysis and interpretation of roll-call data -- Interpretation of Data and Identifiability in the United States -- political histories and agent unity -- Argentina -- Brazil -- Chile -- Uruguay -- who are the identifiable agents? -- appendix 3.1 schematic views of ballots -- appendix 3.2 sample of contentious issues on which one or both u.s. parties unified (congressional sessions 91 and 97) -- Unified Democrats, Session 91 (1969-1971) (14 votes) -- Unified Republicans, Session 91 (1969-1971) (30 total votes) -- Unified Democrats, Session 97 (1981-1983) (44 total votes) -- Unified Republicans, Session 97 (1981-1983) (76 total votes) -- 4 Influences on Agent Unity -- cohesion -- Ideology -- Geography -- Electoral Affinities -- discipline