Volume 27, Number 1, January 2004


 

 

This section contains a listing of papers in the area of legislative studies that have been presented at professional conventions in recent months. Entries were taken either from preliminary or official convention programs. The following meetings are represented:
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APSA

Author

Title of Paper

Aguayo, Julio

The Legislature Strikes Back in Peru?: The Role of Congress in the Demise of Fujimori

Aleman, Eduardo

Legislative Rules and the Amending Process: Theory and Evidence from Argentina, Chile and Mexico

Altman, David

Cabinet Determinants of Structural Reforms in Latin America (1990-2000)

Arnold, Charles Benjamin

A Reappraisal of Candidate Emergence in Congressional Elections, 1972-2002

Arter, David

Cohesion and Discipline in West European Parliamentary Committees

Bach, Stanley I.

Bicameralism in Canberra: Assessing the Legislative Impact of Australian Senate

Bargen, Andrew

Party Control and its Ideological Impact in the U.S. Senate

Barkan, Joel D.

Emerging Legislatures in Emerging Democracies: The African Experience

Basinger, Scott J.; Ensley, Michael J.

Endogeneity Problems in Congressional Elections Research: Challenger Quality, Campaign Spending, and Incumbent Vulnerability

Baumgartner, Frank R; Mahoney, Christine

Lobbying in Coalition with Government Allies

Beckmann, Matthew N.

Presidential Lobbying: How the White House Promotes the President's Policy Preferences on Capitol Hill

Bentley, Roisin

Impact of Constituency Influences in 2002 Mid-Term Elections

Bratton, Kathleen A.

Agenda Development in the U.S. Congress: The Intra-Institutional Diffusion of WomenÍs Issues, 1973-2000

Buchler, Justin

Building Intra-Party Coalitions with Leadership PACs

Burden, Barry C.

The Discharge Rule and Majoitarian Politics in the House of Representatives

Carey, John M.

Term Limits in the State Legislatures: Results from a New Survey of the 50 States

Carrubba, Cliff

Using Roll Call Votes to Study Legislative Behavior: Demonstrating Roll-Call Vote Selection Bias in the European Parliament

Carson, Jamie L.; Marshall, Bryan W.

Checking Power with Power: A Strategic Choice Analysis of Presidential Vetoes and Congressional Overrides

Casellas, Jason P.

Voting and Delivering: Latino Representation in Congress

Covington, Cary R.; Bargen, Andrew

Divided Government and the Ideological Character of Bills Enacted by the House of Representatives, 1963-1996

Cruz, Jose E.

Interminority Relations in Legislative Settings: The Case of African Americans and Latinos

Den Dulk, Kevin R.; Pickerill, J. Mitchell

Organized Interests, Issue Definition, and Congressional Responses to the Supreme Court

Depauw, Sam

The Iron Cage of Party on the Government Backbenches in Belgium, France and the United Kingdom

Desposato, Scott W.

The Impact of Party Switching on Representation in Brazil

Diaz-Cayeros, Alberto

Coalition Building Strategies and Transfer Dependence in MexicoÍs Federalism

Doherty, Leanne

Level Playing Field for All? Female Political Leadership and Athletics

Engstrom, Erik J.

The Partisan Consequences of Congressional Redistricting in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Escobar-Lemmon, Maria C.; Avellaneda, Claudia Nancy; Botero, Felipe

Is Timing Everything? An Analysis of the Path to Legislative Success in Colombia

Espino III, Rodolfo

Electoral Influences on Latino Representation in Congress

Farmer, Rick D.; Powell, Richard J.

Moving On, But Not Moving Out: Comparing Career Paths of Term Limited Legislators

Feldman, Daniel L.

Legislating or Litigating Public Policy Change: Gunmaker Tort Liability

Fleisher, Richard; Bond, Jon R.

Chamber Medians, Party Medians and Theories of Party Politics in Congress

Flowers, Julianne F.

If Congress Sends Preference Signals and the Bureaucracy DoesnÍt Listen, Did Congress Really Say Anything?

Fogarty, Brian J.

Out-of-Step: Local News Media Coverage of  U.S. House Members

Frisch, Scott A.; Kelly, Sean Q.

ñA Plate at the Table: WomenÍs Committee Requests and WomenÍs Committee Assignments in the U.S. House

Gaddie, Ronald Keith

Bridging the Loss of Institutional Memory in the Term-Limited Legislature: Institution-Building in the Maine Legislature

Gershtenson, Joseph; Bishin, Benjamin

Middle of the Road or Private Cul de Sac? Candidate Proximity to Constituents in U.S. Senate Elections

Gillespie, Andra; Mann, Christopher Baird

When Redistricting is No Longer Black and White: Majority-Minority Districts and the Maximization of Substantive Representation for Blacks and Latinos in Congress

Goodman, Craig

Roll Call Behavior and Career Advancement: Analyzing Committee Assignments from Reconstruction to the New Deal

Gordon, Joshua

The (Dis) Integration of the House Appropriations Committee: Revisiting the Power of the Purse in a Partisan Era

Green, Matthew

Leadership in Legislative Institutions: Speakers of the House of Representatives and Acts of Power

Gulati, Girish J.

Gender and the Presentation of Self on the WWW

Gulati, Girish J.

Members of Congress, Congressional Candidates, and the Presentation of Self on the WWW

Gungor, Gaye

Institutionalization of Legislatures and the European Parliament

Hamm, Keith E. Hamm; Hogan, Robert E.

The Impact of Campaign Finance Laws: First Order Effects?

Han, Hahrie C.; Brady, David W.

From Here to There and Back Again: The Changing Impact of Issues on the Political Parties and Elections in the Post WWII Era

Hart, David M.

Think Tanks, Expert Advice and the New U.S. Technology Policy Agenda

Heath, Roseanna; Taylor-Robinson, Michelle M.

All Dressed Up With No Place to Go? Political Ambition in Unitary Political Systems With Unicameral Legislators

Heller, William B.; Mershon, Carol A.

Party Switching in Italian Regional Legislatures, 1996-2001

Herrera, Richard; Shaver, Karen

The Influence of Party on Congressional Decision Making: Bringing Back Constituents

Herrick, Rebekah; Fisher III, Samuel H.

Citizen vs. Professional Legislators: Representation in the House of Representatives

Holyoke, Thomas T.

Madam Chair, We Respectfully Disagree: Interest Group Competition and Congressional Testimony

Jenkins, Jeffery A.

Partisanship and Contested House Elections, 1789-2000

Jenkins, Jeffery A.; Finocchiaro, Charles J.

Killer Amendments in the Contemporary Congress

Jensen, Jennifer M.

Gendered Ambition? Career Choices of Staff Members in the U.S. House of Representatives

Jun, Hae-Won

Initiatives and Amendments: Euro-Parliamentarians' Preferences on the CommissionÍs Discretion

Kernell, Samuel

To Stay, To Quit, or To Move Up: Explaining the Growth of Careerism in the House of Representatives, 1876-1940

Kloha, Philip A.

Majority Party Reliability: Explaining Majority Party Stacking and Ideological Outliers in House Committees

Klotz, Robert J.

Reed Rules: Leadership and Institutional Change in Congress

Koenig, Thomas

Conference Committees: A Comparative Analysis of Bicameral Conflict Resolution

Koger, Gregory

The Sources of Congressional Partisanship

Kreuzer, Marcus

The Calculus of Party Affiliation in Post-Communist Democracies

Lapinski, John

Representation and Public Policy: A Study of the Role of the President and Congress in the Legislative Process, 1877-2000

Larson, Bruce A.; Heberlig, Eric S.; Hetherington, Marc J.

The Redistribution of Campaign Funds and Institutional Advancement in the U.S. House

Lazarus, Jeff L.

The Speaker's Discretion: Selection of House Delegates to Conference Committees

Londregan, John

Centrifugal Voting

Maddox, H. W. Jerome

An Analysis of Career Decisions in US State Legislatures, 1994-2002

Malloy, Jonathan P.

Grassroots Party Membership Patterns and Effects on Party Discipline and Cohesion in Canadian Legislatures

Martinez-Gallardo, Cecilia

Sources of Cabinet Instability in Latin American Presidential Regimes

Martorano, Nancy

Partisan Realignment and Its Impact on the Legislative Process

Maslin-Wicks, Kimberly S.

Evolution of Leadership in the 19th Century U.S. Senate

McElroy, Gail

Party Switching in the European Parliament: Why Bother Defect?

Meinke, Scott R.

Vote Choice and Vote Change in the Antebellum House: Evidence from the Gag Rule, 1836-1845

Middlemass, Keesha M.; Grose, Christian R.

Congressional Representation, Position-Taking, and The Median Voter: Testing Legislative Theories with Newsletters and What it Says about Members' Representational Styles

Miler, Kristina C.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Legislative Perceptions and Congressional Representation

Milyo, Jeffrey

The Electoral and Financial Consequences of Legislative Oversight

Noel, Hans; Zaller, John R.

Local News and the Quality of Congressional Representation

Ono, Keiko

The Voter Turnout and Polarization of US Congress: A Casual Relationship?

Orr, Ivy

Competing Agents in Parliamentary Oversight of the European Union: National Governments and European Affairs Committees

Overby, L. Marvin; Petrocik, John R.

Uncertain Terms: Preliminary Empirical Assessments of the Effects of Term Limits in the American Statehouse

Owens, John E.

Legislative Party Cohesion in Comparative Perspective

Paden, Catherine

From Protest to Politics? An Examination of Class-Based Barriers to African American Political Representations

Parker, Glenn R.

Self-Policing in Legislatures

Pearson, Kathryn

Party Discipline in Theory and Practice: Leaders' Use of Legislative Preference to Reward Loyalty

Pereira, Carlos; Renno Jr., Lucio R.

Political Ambition in Brazil: How Do Incumbents Decide their Political Career?

Potoski, Matthew; Lowry, Robert C.

Leadership PACs in Congressional Campaigns: Long-Run Party Building versus Short-Run Ambition

Primo, David M.; Milyo, Jeffrey

Political Institutions and Public Trust: Evidence From the States

Rackaway, Chapman

Congressional Campaigns and Congressional Campaign Committees in the 2000 Elections

Rocca, Michael

ItÍs Showtime: Explaining Policy Oriented Non-Legislative Debate in the House of Representatives

Roberts, Andrew

Ministerial Allocation in Eastern Europe

Rosenson, Beth A.

The Effects of Ethics Laws on the Recruitment, Retention, and Occupations of State Legislators

Rothenberg, Lawrence S.; Choiu, Fang-Yi

Preferences, Parties, and Legislative Productivity

Rozzi, Alan

Explaining Conference Committee Membership in the New Partisan Era

Rybicki, Elizabeth

Avoiding Delegation: Bicameral Resolution Practices of the U.S. Congress, 1851-2002

Saiegh, Sebastian M.

Coalitions, Responsiveness and Government Defeat: Evidence from the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies

Sala, Brian R.

War Chests and Committee Chairs: Estimating the Value of a Committee Chairmanship Via Fund Raising and Deterrence

Samuels, David J.; Neto, Octavio Amorim

Cabinet Partisanship and Proportionality and Executive-Legislative Relations Across Regime Types

Sarbaugh-Thompson, Marjorie

Democracy Among Strangers: Relationships between Term-Limited Legislators in Michigan

Schaffner, Brian F.

Initiating and Shaping Local Congressional News

Schaper, Marcus

German Pork? Legislators' Strategies in German Bundesrat and U.S. Congress

Schickler, Eric; Wawro, Gregory J.

The Development of Legislative Institutions and Legislative Productivity in the U.S. Congress, 1789-1989

Sellers, Patrick J.

Local Bias in Coverage of Party Messages

Shabad, Goldie; Zielinski, Jakub

Party Switching and Political Accountability in New Democracies of Eastern Europe

Shapiro, Ian; Birney, Mayling

Death and Taxes: The Estate Tax Repeal and American Democracy

Sinclair, Barbara

Legislative Cohesion and Presidential Policy Success

Smith, Keith W. Smith

The Growth of Congressional Oversight