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District Size and Proximity to the Pork Barrel in Congressional Elections 选区大小和国会选举中猪肉桶的接近程度
IF 2.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-10-21 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70039
Brian T. Hamel, Lanie Richards
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The Partisan Politics of Rainy Day Fund Investment 雨天基金投资的党派政治
IF 2.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-10-21 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70038
Lauren Futter
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The Effect of Policy Traceability on Legislative Incentives 政策追溯对立法激励的影响
IF 2.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70036
Matto Mildenberger, Alexander Sahn
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Do Your Job, Keep Your Seat: The Causal Effect of MPs' Legislation on Reelection 做好你的工作，保住你的席位：国会议员立法对连任的因果效应
IF 2.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-10-02 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70037
Serika Atsumi
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Rhetorical and Revealed Opposition to Compromise Among Local and State Legislators 地方和州议员对妥协的口头和公开反对
IF 2.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-09-08 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70034
Melody Crowder-Meyer
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When Politics Is Not Pivotal: Supermajority Debate Rules in State Legislatures 当政治不是关键：州立法机构的绝对多数辩论规则
IF 2.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-09-03 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70035
James M. Curry, Robert L. Oldham
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Explaining How Subnational Politics Shapes Committee Assignment in a Federal Country: The Case of Argentina 解释地方政治如何影响联邦制国家的委员会分配：以阿根廷为例
IF 2.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-09-03 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70033
Gabriel Levita, Victoria Ortiz de Rozas
{"title":"Explaining How Subnational Politics Shapes Committee Assignment in a Federal Country: The Case of Argentina","authors":"Gabriel Levita,&nbsp;Victoria Ortiz de Rozas","doi":"10.1111/lsq.70033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.70033","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>As in many federal countries, subnational politics is the cornerstone of Argentine political careers, and the Congress is a central point for multilevel politics. Although existing literature shows that local politics influence the behavior of congressmen, their effect on committee appointments has been scarcely studied. This article examines the committee assignments of former mayors and governors in the Argentine Congress from 2011 to 2019. We find that being a first-time legislator with prior experience as a mayor and coming from provinces with large public sectors, competitive party systems, and small district magnitudes positively influence the chances of being appointed to distributive committees, that is, those whose benefits can be more easily disaggregated into specific geographic constituencies. Our findings enhance the understanding of the connections between the federal legislative branch and local executives, and they highlight the importance of distributional theory in analyzing committee membership.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47672,"journal":{"name":"Legislative Studies Quarterly","volume":"50 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144935122","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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Geographical Representation on the Floor: Parliamentary Rules and Legislative Speeches in Party-Centered Contexts 议席的地域代表性：以政党为中心的议会规则和立法演讲
IF 2.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-08-31 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70032
Edoardo Alberto Viganò
{"title":"Geographical Representation on the Floor: Parliamentary Rules and Legislative Speeches in Party-Centered Contexts","authors":"Edoardo Alberto Viganò","doi":"10.1111/lsq.70032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.70032","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The degree of party control of parliamentary debates influences which MPs take the floor. However, we do not know whether floor access rules matter also for the content of speeches. Drawing on a corpus of speeches delivered in bill debates in the Italian lower house over 10 years, I investigate how variation in floor access rules across comparable debates shapes MPs' geographical representation in their legislative speeches. The findings reveal that open-access rules increase the intensity of geographical representation compared to when parties allocate speaking time, pointing to a tension between party control and dyadic representation. Additionally, this study demonstrates that the effect of open rules on geographical representation is consistent across MPs with different electoral incentives and degrees of alignment with party leadership, as well as across topics varying in their potential for geographical representation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47672,"journal":{"name":"Legislative Studies Quarterly","volume":"50 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/lsq.70032","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144923827","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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Human Capital Exiting Capitol Hill? Differences in Congressional Staff Turnover by Race and Gender 人力资本退出国会？国会工作人员按种族和性别更替的差异
IF 2.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-08-31 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70030
Alexander Bolton, Hans Hassell, Joshua McCrain
{"title":"Human Capital Exiting Capitol Hill? Differences in Congressional Staff Turnover by Race and Gender","authors":"Alexander Bolton,&nbsp;Hans Hassell,&nbsp;Joshua McCrain","doi":"10.1111/lsq.70030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.70030","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Congress relies heavily on congressional staff to function and, as such, members have raised alarms about staff departures and their impact on the institution's capacity. We examine patterns of congressional staff exit to understand the severity of this problem. We document differences in departure rates among staff from certain demographic groups, as staff diversity shapes substantive representation. Using comprehensive congressional staffing employment data over the past two decades, we show turnover rates vary by race and gender, with minorities more likely to exit their positions and women, despite being less likely to be promoted, more likely to stay. Lastly, while overall turnover rates are high, we find that staff with higher education and committee experience (whose departures are more likely to affect brain drain) are more likely to remain in Congress. These results hold important implications for ongoing policy reforms and for descriptive representation in congressional policymaking.</p>","PeriodicalId":47672,"journal":{"name":"Legislative Studies Quarterly","volume":"50 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/lsq.70030","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144923826","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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Promoting a Diverse Bench: An Analysis of Elite Messaging About Descriptive Representation 促进多元化：关于描述性表征的精英信息分析
IF 2.4 3区 社会学
Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-08-30 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70022
Jaclyn Kaslovsky, Albert H. Rivero, Andrew R. Stone
{"title":"Promoting a Diverse Bench: An Analysis of Elite Messaging About Descriptive Representation","authors":"Jaclyn Kaslovsky,&nbsp;Albert H. Rivero,&nbsp;Andrew R. Stone","doi":"10.1111/lsq.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.70022","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Existing work documents how senators use their official communications to explain their Washington activities and build support in the district. However, relatively little remains known about how senators communicate about one of their most important constitutional duties—providing advice and consent on Supreme Court nominees. In this paper, we investigate how senators discuss Supreme Court nominations with their constituents, focusing on one common rhetorical strategy: highlighting the descriptive traits of nominees. Using a new dataset of press releases about nominee race and gender, we demonstrate that senators of both parties frequently discuss the descriptive traits of nominees. Next, we systematically investigate the determinants of this rhetoric, finding that shared characteristics with the nominee, copartisanship, and institutional position predict discussion of descriptive representation. Then, we use the CES to demonstrate the impact of these messages on constituent evaluations of senators; we find a modest boost in using such messages. Finally, we conduct a preliminary investigation of discussion of nominee religion using our framework. Our findings provide important insight into how senators use rhetorical appeals to appeal to constituents and make the case for diversity in governing.</p>","PeriodicalId":47672,"journal":{"name":"Legislative Studies Quarterly","volume":"50 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/lsq.70022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144918734","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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