Spatial Models of Parliamentary Voting

ISBN-13: 9780521851947 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 248 str.

Keith T. Poole

Opis

This book presents a geometric voting model for analyzing parliamentary roll call data. Each legislator is represented by one point and each roll call is represented by two points that correspond to the policy consequences of voting Yea or Nay. On every roll call each legislator votes for the closer outcome point, at least probabilistically. These points form a spatial map that summarizes the roll calls. In this sense a spatial map is much like a road map because it visually depicts the political world of a legislature. These maps can be used to study a wide variety of topics related to legislative voting.

Recenzje

'This book achieves its aim of explaining how to build a spatial model and will be essential reading for those engaged in that, while still being readable and related well to real politics.' Political Studies Review

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. The geometry of parliamentary roll call voting; 3. The optimal classification method; 4. Probabilistic spatial models of parliamentary voting; 5. Practical issues in computing spatial models of parliamentary voting; 6. Conducting natural experiments with role calls; 7. Conclusion.