Campaign contributions are widely viewed as a corrupting influence but most scholarly research concludes that they have marginal impact on legislative behavior. Lynda W. Powell shows that contributions have considerable influence in some state legislatures but very little in others.Using a national survey of legislators, shedevelops an innovative measure of influence and delineates the factors that explain this great variation across the 99 U.S. state legislative chambers.
Powell identifies the personal, institutional, and political factors that determine how muchtime...
Campaign contributions are widely viewed as a corrupting influence but most scholarly research concludes that they have marginal impact on legislat...
The House and the Senate floors are the only legislative forums where all members of the U.S. Congress participate and each has a vote. Andrew J. Taylor explores why floor power and floor rights in the House are more restricted than in the Senate and how these restrictions affect the legislative process. After tracing the historical development of floor rules, Taylor assesses how well they facilitate a democratic legislative process--that is, how well they facilitate deliberation, transparency, and widespread participation.
Taylor not only compares floor proceedings between the...
The House and the Senate floors are the only legislative forums where all members of the U.S. Congress participate and each has a vote. Andrew J. T...
The institutional development of American legislatures, beginning with the first colonial assembly of 1619, has been marked by continuity as well as change. Peverill Squire draws upon a wealth of primary sources to document this institutional history. Beginning with the ways in which colonial assemblies followed the precedents of British institutions, Squire traces the fundamental ways they evolved to become distinct. He next charts the formation of the first state legislatures and the Constitutional Congress, describes the creation of territorial and new state legislatures, and examines...
The institutional development of American legislatures, beginning with the first colonial assembly of 1619, has been marked by continuity as well a...
Offers an historical perspective on the effects of gerrymandering on elections and party control of the US national legislature. Erik J. Engstrom evaluates the abundant cross-sectional and temporal variation in redistricting plans and their electoral results from all the states, from 1789 through the 1960s, to identify the causes and consequences of partisan redistricting.
Offers an historical perspective on the effects of gerrymandering on elections and party control of the US national legislature. Erik J. Engstrom eval...
Although the U.S. Constitution requires that the House of Representatives and the Senate pass legislation in identical form before it can be sent to the president for final approval, the process of resolving differences between the chambers has received surprisingly little scholarly attention. Hong Min Park, Steven S. Smith, and Ryan J. Vander Wielen document the dramatic changes in inter-cameral resolution that have occurred over recent decades, and examine the various considerations made by the chambers when determining the manner in which the House and Senate pursue conciliation....
Although the U.S. Constitution requires that the House of Representatives and the Senate pass legislation in identical form before it can be sent to t...
Representation is integral to the study of legislatures, yet virtually no attention has been given to how representative assemblies developed and what that process might tell us about how the relationship between the representative and the represented evolved. The Rise of the Representative corrects that omission by tracing the development of representative assemblies in colonial America and revealing they were a practical response to governing problems, rather than an imported model or an attempt to translate abstract philosophy into a concrete reality. Peverill Squire shows there...
Representation is integral to the study of legislatures, yet virtually no attention has been given to how representative assemblies developed and what...
Examines the factors that make women politicians more electorally vulnerable than their male counterparts. These factors combine to convince women that they must work harder to win elections - a phenomenon that Jeffrey Lazarus and Amy Steigerwalt term ""gendered vulnerability"".
Examines the factors that make women politicians more electorally vulnerable than their male counterparts. These factors combine to convince women tha...
Investigates whether legislators in earlier historical eras were motivated by many of the same factors that influence their behaviour today, especially with regard to the pursuit of reelection. In this respect, they examine the role of electoral incentives in shaping legislative behaviour across a wide swath of the nineteenth century.
Investigates whether legislators in earlier historical eras were motivated by many of the same factors that influence their behaviour today, especiall...
With its insider's view of the rough-and-tumble politics of cap-and-trade, healthcare reform, tobacco, oversight, and the debt ceiling agreement, The Committee uniquely melds the art of politics and policymaking with the theory and literature of political science.
With its insider's view of the rough-and-tumble politics of cap-and-trade, healthcare reform, tobacco, oversight, and the debt ceiling agreement, The ...
