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What Legislators Tell Us About Legislatures: Evidence From PELA-USAL 立法者告诉我们的立法机构：来自PELA-USAL的证据

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-05-26 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70019

Manuel Alcántara Sáez, Mercedes García Montero, Scott Morgenstern, Cristina Rivas Pérez

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‘No es la democracia que míster superman quiere imponernos desde Washington’: An analysis of populist attitudes on democracy from Latin American legislators “No es la democracia que míster superman quiere imponernos desde Washington”：拉丁美洲立法者对民主的民粹主义态度分析

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12484

Patricia Marenghi, Mercedes García Montero

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Social media versus surveys: A new scalable approach to understanding legislators' discourse 社会媒体与调查：理解立法者话语的一种新的可扩展方法

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-10-04 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12481

Valentina González-Rostani, José Incio, Guillermo Lezama

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Following the leaders: Asymmetric party messaging in the U.S. Congress 以下是美国国会中不对称的党派信息

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-09-24 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12479

SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor

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The logic of ambitious legislators in fluid party systems 在多变的政党制度中，野心勃勃的立法者的逻辑

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12465

Thomas Mustillo, John Polga-Hecimovich, Francisco Sánchez

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Legislative capacity limits interest group influence: Evidence from California's Proposition 140 立法能力限制利益集团的影响：来自加州140号提案的证据

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-09-04 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12478

Alex Garlick, Mary Kroeger, Paige Pellaton

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Line-item vetoes as a coordination mechanism 作为协调机制的项目否决权

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Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-09-02 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12467

Valeria Palanza, Gisela Sin, Evangeline Reynolds

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How germane are moral and economic policies to ideology? Evidence from Latin American legislators 道德和经济政策与意识形态的关系有多密切？来自拉丁美洲立法者的证据

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12476

Elías Chavarría-Mora, Chuang Chen, Valentina González-Rostani, Scott Morgenstern

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IF 1.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-08-28 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12431

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The drama is in the ink: Conflict in written parliamentary questions 这场戏剧正在上演：议会书面问题中的冲突

IF 1.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-08-12 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12474

Solveig Bjørkholt, Martin Søyland

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