Legislator success in fragmented congresses in Argentina : plurality cartels, minority presidents, and lawmaking /

Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Calvo, Ernesto
Format: Buch
Sprache:Inglés
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Pte. 1 Plurality Cartels and Legislative Success. Party blocs, committee authorities, and plurality cartels: the Argentine Congress as an institution driven by consent
  • A statistical model of legislative success.
  • Pte. 2 Legislative Success and the Sequential Organization of the Legislative Process. Electoral institutions and legislative fragmentation in Argentina: an overview
  • Legislator success and the committee system in the Argentine House
  • On the plenary floor: special motions, vanishing quorum, and the amendment of the plenary schedule
  • Legislative success and legislative productivity in a divided congress.
  • Pte. 3 Beyond Plurality Cartels. The determinants of the president's legislative success
  • Plurality-led congresses with limited gatekeeping authority: the House of Representatives in Uruguay
  • Concluding remarks: plurality-led congresses as a research agenda.