Legislator Success in Fragmented Congresses in Argentina: Plurality Cartels, Minority Presidents, and Lawmaking

ISBN: 9781107676671 出版年：2014 页码：236 Ernesto Calvo Cambridge University Press

1. Plurality parties, plurality cartels, and legislative success Part I. Plurality Cartels: 2. Party blocs, committee authorities, and plurality cartels 3. A statistical model of legislators' success and productivity Part II. Legislator Success and the Sequential Organization of the Legislative Process: 4. Electoral fragmentation and the effective number of legislative blocs 5. Legislator success and the committee system in Argentina 6. On the plenary floor: special motions, vanishing quorum, and the amendment of the plenary schedule 7. Legislative success in the House Part III. Beyond Plurality Cartels: 8. The determinants of the president's legislative success 9. Plurality-led congresses with limited gatekeeping authority: the House of Representatives in Uruguay 10. Concluding remarks: plurality-led congresses as a research agenda.