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Following the leaders: Asymmetric party messaging in the U.S. Congress
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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Legislative capacity limits interest group influence: Evidence from California's Proposition 140
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
IF 1.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-09-02 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12467
Valeria Palanza, Gisela Sin, Evangeline Reynolds
{"title":"Line-item vetoes as a coordination mechanism","authors":"Valeria Palanza,&nbsp;Gisela Sin,&nbsp;Evangeline Reynolds","doi":"10.1111/lsq.12467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12467","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Although presidential vetoes are central to the legislative process, the role of total versus line item vetoes (LIV) is largely unclear. While total vetoes are a sign of conflict between the branches, as the literature has emphasized, we argue that LIV function as a negative agenda setting mechanism that enables presidents to coordinate within their coalition. To test our argument, we use an original dataset on all statutes and executive decrees approved and vetoed in Brazil for the period 1988–2010. In both, statutes and decrees, we show that while total vetoes occur when conflict between branches is stronger, LIV happen when such conflict is minimal and presidents have tight control over their coalition. The results are robust across dependent variables, model specifications, and estimation strategies. Our findings highlight that while the total veto is a blunt bargaining mechanism, the LIV provides a scalpel, a much finer tool that helps presidents manage and sustain their congressional coalition.</p>","PeriodicalId":47672,"journal":{"name":"Legislative Studies Quarterly","volume":"50 1","pages":"38-53"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/lsq.12467","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143554425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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About the Authors 关于作者
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
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
{"title":"The drama is in the ink: Conflict in written parliamentary questions","authors":"Solveig Bjørkholt,&nbsp;Martin Søyland","doi":"10.1111/lsq.12474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12474","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Opposition is a core component of any democracy, yet it is scarcely studied. Leaning on research prescribing blurred lines between government and opposition in parliamentary democracies, we use word embeddings in tandem with sentiment analysis on written parliamentary questions in the Norwegian parliament to study conflict patterns between the government and opposition. Our findings consistently show that MPs of governing parties are more negative than MPs of the opposition. However, the effect is reduced considerably when the topical content of the question is included in the analysis. We attribute our finding to the existence of a <i>participation threshold</i> in parliamentary questions; MPs of governing parties will only ask questions whenever a given issue is sufficiently contentious.</p>","PeriodicalId":47672,"journal":{"name":"Legislative Studies Quarterly","volume":"50 1","pages":"123-129"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/lsq.12474","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143554866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The role of politicians' perceptual accuracy of voter opinions in their reelection 政治家对选民意见的感知准确性在其选举生涯中的作用
IF 1.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-07-27 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12471
Simon Hug, Frédéric Varone, Luzia Helfer, Stefaan Walgrave, Karolin Soontjens, Lior Sheffer
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Who works with whom? Collaboration ties in legislative policy-making networks 谁与谁合作？立法决策网络中的合作关系
IF 1.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12470
Frank M. Häge, Nils Ringe
{"title":"Who works with whom? Collaboration ties in legislative policy-making networks","authors":"Frank M. Häge,&nbsp;Nils Ringe","doi":"10.1111/lsq.12470","DOIUrl":"10.1111/lsq.12470","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Social relations have the potential to shape who assumes policy leadership positions in legislative politics. Applying a relational event modeling framework, this paper investigates if homophily and reciprocity predict patterns of collaboration between lawmakers as they negotiate proposed legislation. Specifically, it examines if members of the European Parliament (EP) who serve as rapporteurs or shadow rapporteurs are more likely to select into working with colleagues who share their personal attributes or with whom they have previously collaborated. It conceives of EP policy-making as an evolving two-mode network comprised of legislators and jointly produced policy documents as nodes, and (shadow-) rapporteurships as ties. Conditional logistic regression analyses confirm that previous collaboration, shared native language and gender, as well as policy expertise, increase the likelihood of MEPs becoming (shadow-)rapporteurs. In contrast, party loyalty shows no clear, unambiguous effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":47672,"journal":{"name":"Legislative Studies Quarterly","volume":"50 1","pages":"54-70"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/lsq.12470","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141799812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Geographic representation and requests for federal funds in the U.S. senate 美国参议院的地域代表性和联邦资金申请
IF 1.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12464
Jaclyn Kaslovsky, Andrew R. Stone
{"title":"Geographic representation and requests for federal funds in the U.S. senate","authors":"Jaclyn Kaslovsky,&nbsp;Andrew R. Stone","doi":"10.1111/lsq.12464","DOIUrl":"10.1111/lsq.12464","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An essential component of a representative's job centers on deciding where to allocate scarce resources. How do legislators attempt to allocate spending across the geographic units of their constituencies, and what determines a legislator's success in securing these resources? To answer these questions, we create a new dataset of all earmark requests made by U.S. senators in the 117th Congress. This data was recently made available as part of reforms, allowing researchers to examine both requests <i>and</i> outcomes. We show that senators prioritize seeking earmarks for areas of their constituencies critical to their electoral success. We then match these requests to earmarks funded by the Appropriations Committee and show that a legislator's institutional standing and the behavior of their same-state colleague—but not electoral concerns—shape whether projects are successfully funded. We provide insight into a behind-the-scenes aspect of representation and illuminate the strategic dynamics that shape federal spending.</p>","PeriodicalId":47672,"journal":{"name":"Legislative Studies Quarterly","volume":"50 1","pages":"22-37"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141644167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Electoral reform and fragmented polarization: New evidence from Taiwan legislative roll calls 选举改革与分散的两极分化：来自台湾立法机构点名的新证据
IF 1.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-07-03 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12459
Yen-Chieh Liao
{"title":"Electoral reform and fragmented polarization: New evidence from Taiwan legislative roll calls","authors":"Yen-Chieh Liao","doi":"10.1111/lsq.12459","DOIUrl":"10.1111/lsq.12459","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper investigates how legislators respond to an electoral reform by adjusting their positions with respect to co-partisans and rivals. Using cross-sectional legislative roll calls over 20 years, we study how the dynamics of blue-green confrontation are influenced by Taiwan's electoral reform from Single Non-Transferable Votes (the SNTV) to Single-Member Districts (SMD). Contrary to existing literature, our empirical evidence shows that the reform significantly fragmented legislator positions within their party and in relation to members from opposing parties, leading to an increase in contentious legislation and higher levels of both inter- and intra-party distance. In the years following the reform, the political confrontation between the Kuomintang and the Democratic Progressive Party gradually diminished, eventually returning to levels seen before the reform. Moreover, our analysis reveals that the 2008 reform had heterogeneous effects on different parties, with each party displaying varying levels of resilience in response. This finding contributes to electoral system literature, providing policy implications for democratic countries contemplating electoral reforms.</p>","PeriodicalId":47672,"journal":{"name":"Legislative Studies Quarterly","volume":"50 1","pages":"3-21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/lsq.12459","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141680958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Legislating landlords: Private interests, issue emphasis, and policy positions 为房东立法：私人利益、问题重点和政策立场
IF 1.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-06-11 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12458
Stefan Müller, Jihed Ncib
{"title":"Legislating landlords: Private interests, issue emphasis, and policy positions","authors":"Stefan Müller,&nbsp;Jihed Ncib","doi":"10.1111/lsq.12458","DOIUrl":"10.1111/lsq.12458","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Do private interests predict politicians' rhetoric? Focusing on housing policy, we compare issue emphasis and positions of landlord politicians and politicians who do not own multiple properties. Ireland provides a unique opportunity to study legislating landlords' behavior as housing has become one of the most important political issues. We construct a novel dataset of politicians' homeownership status between 2013 and 2022, a period characterized by rising rent and property prices. We fine-tune a transformer-based machine learning model and apply text scaling and sentiment analysis to identify issue salience and positions on housing in over 870,000 tweets and parliamentary questions. Contrary to our expectations, landlord politicians do not avoid the topic of housing, nor do they take different positions. We also find that government status does not influence this relationship. The results imply that private financial interests do not influence rhetoric on housing policy.</p>","PeriodicalId":47672,"journal":{"name":"Legislative Studies Quarterly","volume":"49 4","pages":"925-942"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/lsq.12458","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141359150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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