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How Do They Do It? Legislators As Leaders: A Study of Legislators' Values and Decision-Making
Legislators as leaders have an immense effect on our lives, and for many, influence our ability to thrive and have equal opportunities for health and prosperity. Legislators are representatives elected by the people of the district in which they live. As a representative, they are the voice of that constituency group. They determine local, state and national policies that impact both our constitutional rights and government support as citizens of the United States. But little research is available about how they make decisions and if there are differences between male and female legislator decision-making approaches. These attributes include personal values which influence voting, gender differences, and perspective taking or listening skills, when collecting data and understanding constituents or advocates views. In an effort to address this gap, we conducted a qualitative inquiry involving semi-structured interviews with 28 former or current legislators, primarily from the Midwest. We sampled both men and women with a wide array of public service experience and years of committee or leadership within both Democratic and Republican parties. We obtained insight to best understand gender leadership differences in decision-making approaches, how they collect data and negotiate and balance different perspectives when managing complicated issues. Key words: Legislators; leadership; gender; diversity; decision-making; policy; values; listening; communal; agency
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Legislatures and legislators
In: The international library of politics and comparative government
A Role for Legislators
In: Global governance: a review of multilateralism and international organizations, Band 15, Heft 4, S. 451-455
ISSN: 2468-0958, 1075-2846
Argues that the existing international bodies responsible for dealing with global challenges like climate change, poverty, & ecosystem breakdown are disconnected institutions attempting to respond to an interconnected world. The recent financial crisis illustrates that the increasing interconnectedness between countries, regions, & cultures is fueling a demand for unprecedented global coordination. Current weaknesses in accountability, delivery, & continuity are pointed out, along with steps that need to be taken to establish effective global governance. Adapted from the source document.
Legislators as Lobbyists
In: Legislative studies quarterly, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 65-95
ISSN: 1939-9162
Public policy is produced by elected and unelected officials and through the interactions of branches of government. We consider how such interactions affect policy implementation and representation. We argue that legislators try to influence bureaucratic decisions through direct communication with federal agencies, and that such contact is effective and has consequences for policy outcomes. We provide empirical evidence of this argument using original data about direct communication between members of Congress and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) along with decisions made by the DOL regarding trade and redistributive policies. We find that direct contacts influence DOL decisions, and the agency is more likely to reverse previous decisions when requested to do so by legislators. Our results challenge key assumptions and findings in the previous literature and have important implications for interbranch relations and informal means of control over the implementation of national policy.
Canadian legislators
In: International observer, Band 28, Heft 468, S. 3775
ISSN: 1061-0324
Our states legislators
In: The annals of the American Academy of political and social science 195
Legislators of the Antilles
In: Haitian Connections In the Atlantic World, S. 93-123
A Role for Legislators
In: Global governance: a review of multilateralism and international organizations, Band 15, Heft 4, S. 451-457
ISSN: 2468-0958, 1075-2846
A Role for Legislators
In: Global governance: a review of multilateralism and international organizations, Band 15, Heft 4, S. 451-455
ISSN: 1942-6720
Judges as Legislators?
In: The journal of legislative studies, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 102-112
ISSN: 1357-2334
A review essay on books by (1) Dennis J. Hutchinson, David A. Strauss, & Geoffrey R. Stone (Eds), 2001 Supreme Court Review (Chicago: U Chicago Press, 2002); & (2) Laura Langer, Judicial Review in State Supreme Courts: A Comparative Study (Albany, NY: State U New York Press, 2002).
Judges as legislators
In: The journal of legislative studies, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 102-112
ISSN: 1743-9337