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Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-05-29 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12429

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Congressional town halls 国会全体会议

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Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-04-16 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12456

Andrew J. Clarke, Daniel Markovits

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A place to speak and be heard? Parliamentary speech and media attention in Estonia, 2011–2019 说话和发表意见的地方？2011-2019 年爱沙尼亚的议会发言和媒体关注度

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Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-04-05 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12457

Tatiana Lupacheva, Martin Mölder

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When voting no is not enough: Legislative brawling and obstruction in Korea 投反对票还不够：韩国的立法争吵和阻挠

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Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-03-17 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12455

Gyung‐Ho Jeong

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Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-03-03 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12427

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The Promise and Peril of Constituent Interactions: The Determinants of Town Hall Participation Among Members of Congress 选民互动的希望与危险：国会议员参与市政厅活动的决定因素

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Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-02-29 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12454

N. S. Gibson, Aaron S. King

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What Explains Party Unity? Evidence from U.S. State Legislatures 政党团结的原因是什么？来自美国州议会的证据

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Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-02-26 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12452

Nicholas O. Howard, Tessa Provins

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Constituency Focus in Party‐Centered Systems: How Individual, Party, and District‐Level Factors Shape Parliamentary Questions in South Africa 政党中心制中的选区焦点：个人、政党和选区层面的因素如何影响南非的议会问题

IF 1.5 3区社会学

Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-02-23 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12453

E. Sanches, Yanis Kartalis

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Coalition Governance under Separation of Powers: Shadowing by Committee in Coalitional Presidentialism 三权分立下的联盟治理：联盟总统制中的委员会监督

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Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-02-22 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12451

Joris Alberdingk Thijm

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Lacking Incentives, Not Information. Why Politicians tend to be Less Responsive to Lower‐Income Citizens 缺乏激励，而非信息。为什么政治家往往对低收入公民反应较差？

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Legislative Studies Quarterly Pub Date : 2024-02-19 DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12450

Karolin Soontjens, Mikael Persson

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