Models of Constituency Influences and Issue Configurations: Analysis of Progressive Era Roll Call Voting, House of Representatives (Political Science)

选区影响和问题配置的模型：进步时代点名投票分析，众议院（政治学）

• 批准号: 8800499
• 负责人: Eileen McDonagh
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Radcliffe College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-07-01 至 1990-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8800499&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Models; Constituency; Influences; Issue; Configurations

This project analyzes how legislative constituencies and issue configurations are related to the formulation of social policy legislation in the House of Representatives during the Progressive Era decades of 1900-1920. Legislative constituencies are defined on the basis of state legislative action on social policy issues that then subsequently reach a roll call vote at the National level. By examining the relationship between state level legislative roll call voting and subsequent voting outcomes in the Federal legislature, it will be possible to investigate how social policy formulation shifts from the state to the National level in these decades, thereby setting the stage for the New Deal Era to follow. Issue configurations will be assessed in terms of whether the Progressive Era, noted for democratic reform, produced issue clusters that were unidimensional or multi-dimensional in structure. Of particular importance will be the alignment of civil rights and social welfare issues, the former representing legal and procedural principles of democracy and the latter economic and outcome principles of democracy. With the recent decades of the social and political change of the 1960s in mind, we will evaluate how the social and political change defining the inauguration of the twentieth century linked these dual principles of democratic demands for social policy formulation. With these perspectives in mind, passage of the Nineteenth Amendment--enfranchising women--will be examined as a case in point. The particular issue alignments on this legislation as well as the influence of state level constituencies will be examined in the context of civil rights and social policy issue dimensions. Dr. McDonagh will also conduct a lecture series on Gender and Social Science, serve as a mentor and advisor to undergraduates in the Women's Studies Concentration at Harvard/ Radcliffe, and supervise an undergraduate research assistant. This project furthers VPW program objectives which are (1) to provide opportunities for women to advance their careers in engineering and in the disciplines of science supported by NSF and (2) to encourage women to pursue careers in science and engineering by providing greater visibility for women scientists and engineers employed in industry, government, and academic institutions. By encouraging the participation of women in science, it is a valuable investment in the Nation's future scientific vitality.

该项目分析了 1900 年至 1920 年进步时代几十年期间立法选区和问题配置如何与众议院社会政策立法的制定相关。立法选区是根据州对社会政策问题的立法行动确定的，然后在国家一级进行唱名投票。通过考察州级立法点名投票与联邦立法机构随后的投票结果之间的关系，将有可能调查这几十年来社会政策制定如何从州级转向国家级，从而为新政时代奠定基础。问题结构将根据以民主改革而闻名的进步时代是否产生了单维或多维结构的问题群来评估。特别重要的是公民权利和社会福利问题的协调，前者代表民主的法律和程序原则，后者代表民主的经济和结果原则。考虑到 20 世纪 60 年代近几十年来的社会和政治变革，我们将评估定义 20 世纪开始的社会和政治变革如何将民主要求的双重原则与社会政策制定联系起来。考虑到这些观点，第十九修正案的通过——赋予妇女选举权——将作为一个恰当的例子进行研究。该立法的具体问题协调以及州级选区的影响将在公民权利和社会政策问题维度的背景下进行审查。麦克唐纳博士还将举办有关性别和社会科学的系列讲座，担任哈佛大学/拉德克利夫妇女研究专业本科生的导师和顾问，并监督一名本科生研究助理。该项目进一步推进了 VPW 计划的目标，即 (1) 为女性提供在 NSF 支持的工程和科学学科领域发展职业生涯的机会；(2) 通过为工业、政府和学术机构中雇用的女性科学家和工程师提供更大的知名度，鼓励女性从事科学和工程职业。通过鼓励女性参与科学，这是对国家未来科学活力的宝贵投资。