Legislator Success in Fragmented Congresses in Argentina: Plurality Cartels, Minority Presidents, and Lawmaking

ISBN-13: 9781107676671 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 234 str.

Ernesto Calvo

Opis

Through detailed analyses of legislative success in Argentina and Uruguay, this book explores the determinants of law enactment in fragmented congresses.

Recenzje

'As Calvo points out, despite the vastness of the literature on the American Congress there is only a limited amount of variation over time in partisan configurations, electoral linkages, and legislative rules. In this wonderful book, he explores in Argentina and Uruguay the theoretical relevance and empirical consequences of a circumstance unknown to Congress: plurality control of the legislature. In the process he shatters a host of misconceptions about that circumstance and takes a leading role in a recent renaissance of comparative legislative research on Latin America.' David W. Rohde, Duke University, North Carolina

Spis treści

1. Plurality parties, plurality cartels, and legislative success; Part I. Plurality Cartels: 2. Party blocs, committee authorities, and plurality cartels; 3. A statistical model of legislators' success and productivity; Part II. Legislator Success and the Sequential Organization of the Legislative Process: 4. Electoral fragmentation and the effective number of legislative blocs; 5. Legislator success and the committee system in Argentina; 6. On the plenary floor: special motions, vanishing quorum, and the amendment of the plenary schedule; 7. Legislative success in the House; Part III. Beyond Plurality Cartels: 8. The determinants of the president's legislative success; 9. Plurality-led congresses with limited gatekeeping authority: the House of Representatives in Uruguay; 10. Concluding remarks: plurality-led congresses as a research agenda.