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010 $a 2013046405
020 $a9781107065130 (hardback)
020 $a9781107676671 (paperback)
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050 00 $aJL2054$b.C28 2014
082 00 $a328.82$223
084 $aPOL040000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aCalvo, Ernesto.
245 10 $aLegislator success in fragmented congresses in Argentina :$bplurality cartels, minority presidents, and lawmaking /$cErnesto Calvo.
264 1 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2014.
300 $axx, 214 pages;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Plurality-led Congresses are among the most pervasive and least studied phenomena in presidential systems around the world. Often conflated with divided government, where an organized opposition controls a majority of seats in congress, plurality-led congresses are characterized by a party with fewer than 50 percent of the seats still in control of the legislative gates. Extensive gatekeeping authority without plenary majorities, this book shows, leads to policy outcomes that are substantially different from those observed in majority-led congresses. Through detailed analyses of legislative success in Argentina and Uruguay, this book explores the determinants of law enactment in fragmented congresses. It describes in detail how the lack of majority support explains legislative success in standing committees, the chamber directorate, and the plenary floor"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 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.
610 10 $aArgentina.$bCongreso de la Nación.
650 0 $aLegislative power$zArgentina
650 0 $aRepresentative government and representation$zArgentina.
651 0 $aArgentina$xPolitics and government$y2002-
610 10 $aUruguay.$bAsamblea General.
650 0 $aLegislative power$zUruguay.
651 0 $aUruguay$xPolitics and government$y1985-
650 0 $aRepresentative government and representation$zUruguary.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General.$2bisacsh