America's Congress: Actions in the Public Sphere, James Madison through Newt Gingrich
In: American political science review, Band 95, Heft 2, S. 480-481
ISSN: 0003-0554
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In: American political science review, Band 95, Heft 2, S. 480-481
ISSN: 0003-0554
In: The Brookings review, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 37
In: The Brookings review, Band 18, Heft 1, S. 16
In: American political science review, Band 93, Heft 3, S. 519-533
ISSN: 1537-5943
David Mayhew's Divided We Govern(1991) sparked an industry of scholars who alternately challenge or confirm the work on theoretical and empirical grounds. Still, we lack a definitive account of the proportions and causes of legislative gridlock. I revisit the effects of elections and institutions on policy outcomes to propose an alternative theory of gridlock: The distribution of policy preferences within the parties, between the two chambers, and across Congress more broadly is central to explaining the dynamics of gridlock. To test the model, I construct a measure that assesses legislative output in proportion to the policy agenda. Using newspaper editorials to identify every salient legislative issue between 1947 and 1996, I generate Congress-by-Congress gridlock scores and use them to test competing explanations. The results suggest that intrabranch conflict—perhaps more than interbranch rivalry—is critical in shaping deadlock in American politics.
In: American political science review, Band 93, Heft 2, S. 450-451
ISSN: 1537-5943
In: American political science review, Band 93, Heft 3, S. 519-533
ISSN: 0003-0554
David Mayhew's Divided We Govern (1991) sparked an industry of scholars who alternately challenge or confirm the work on theoretical and empirical grounds. Still, we lack a definitive account of the proportions and causes of legislative gridlock. I revisit the effects of elections and institutions on policy outcomes to propose an alternative theory of gridlock: The distribution of policy preferences within the parties, between the two chambers, and across Congress more broadly is central to explaining the dynamics of gridlock. To test the model, I construct a measure that assesses legislative output in proportion to the policy agenda. Using newspaper editorials to identify every salient legislative issue between 1947 and 1996, I generate Congress-by-Congress gridlock scores and use them to test competing explanations. The results suggest that intrabranch conflict - perhaps more than interbranch rivalry - is critical in shaping deadlock in American politics. (American Political Science Review / FUB)
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In: American political science review, Band 93, Heft 3, S. 519-534
ISSN: 0003-0554
In: Political science quarterly: a nonpartisan journal devoted to the study and analysis of government, politics and international affairs ; PSQ, Band 112, Heft 1, S. 145-146
ISSN: 1538-165X
In: American political science review, Band 90, Heft 1, S. 8-20
ISSN: 1537-5943
Conventional accounts of the institutional development of Congress suggest that expansion of the size and workload of the House led members to distribute parliamentary rights narrowly: Majority party leaders accrued strong procedural powers while minority parties lost many of their parliamentary rights. I offer an alternative, partisan basis of procedural choice. Using an original data set of changes in House rules, I present a statistical model to assess the influence of partisan and nonpartisan factors on changes in minority procedural rights in the House between 1789 and 1990. I find that short-term partisan goals—constrained by inherited rules—shape both the creation and suppression of rights for partisan and political minorities. Collective institutional concerns and longer-term calculations about future parliamentary needs have little impact on changes in minority rights. The findings have important theoretical implications for explaining both the development of Congress and the nature of institutional change more generally.
In: American political science review, Band 90, Heft 1, S. 8-20
ISSN: 0003-0554
Conventional accounts of the institutional development of Congress suggest that expansion of the size and workload of the House led members to distribute parliamentary rights narrowly: Majority party leaders accrued strong procedural powers while minority parties lost many of their parliamentary rights. I offer an alternative, partisan basis of procedural choice. Using an original data set of changes in House rules, I present a statistical model to assess the influence of partisan and nonpartisan factors on changes in minority procedural rights in the House between 1789 and 1990. I find that short-term partisan goals - constrained by inherited rules - shape both the creation and suppression of rights for partisan and political minorities. Collective institutional concerns and longer-term calculations about future parliamentary needs have little impact on changes in minority rights. The findings have important theoretical implications for explaining both the development of Congress and the nature of institutional change more generally. (American Political Science Review / FUB)
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In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 57, Heft 4, S. 1093-1118
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 57, Heft 4, S. 1093-1118
ISSN: 0022-3816
In: American Political Parties: Decline or Resurgence?, S. 209-228
In: Political Analysis, Band 16, Heft 2, S. 213-225
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In: Perspectives on political science, Band 32, Heft 4, S. 232
ISSN: 1045-7097