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Interest Groups and Intra-Party Conflict on Scored Votes 利益集团与党内对得票的冲突

IF 2.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-05-12 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70013

Laurel Harbridge-Yong, Warren Snead

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Prior Experience and State Legislative Effectiveness 过往经验与州立法效力

IF 2.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-05-07 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70011

Eric R. Hansen, Sarah A. Treul

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Getting what you pay for: Resource allocations and legislative success 物有所值：资源分配和立法成功

IF 2.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-04-28 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70000

Emily Cottle Ommundsen

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Strategies of Control: Members of Congress and Policy Outcomes 控制策略：国会议员和政策结果

IF 2.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-04-19 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70009

Erinn Lauterbach, Melinda N. Ritchie

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Priority Projects: Constituent Spending Demand and the Benefits of Congressional Credit Claiming 优先项目：选民支出需求和国会信用要求的好处

IF 2.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70008

Peter T. McLaughlin

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Military Experience and the Use of Force: Congressional AUMF Votes Among Combat and Non-Combat Veteran Legislators 军事经验和武力的使用：国会AUMF在战斗和非战斗退伍军人立法者中的投票

IF 2.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-03-31 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70003

Matthew Fiorelli, Heather Jebb

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Policy Content of Legislative Vetoes and Success of Presidential Activism Under Semi-Presidentialism 立法否决的政策内容与半总统制下总统行动主义的成功

IF 2.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70006

Mažvydas Jastramskis, Lukas Pukelis

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The Separation of Powers and Policymaking in the US States 美国的权力分立和政策制定

IF 2.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70007

Andrew M. O. Ballard, James M. Curry, Mary A. Kroeger

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Analyzing gender gaps in bicameral legislatures: How asymmetrical institutions affect the supply and demand for female candidates 两院制立法机构中的性别差距分析：不对称制度如何影响女性候选人的供求关系

IF 2.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-03-09 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12493

Yoshikuni Ono, Yuko Kasuya, Hirofumi Miwa

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The Political Economy of High-Skilled Immigration: Analyzing (Co)Sponsorship on High-Skilled Immigration Bills in the U.S. Congress 高技术移民的政治经济学：分析美国国会对高技术移民法案的赞助

IF 2.4 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2025-03-05 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.70005

Rena Sung

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