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

该项目分析了在1900-1920年几十年的进步时代，立法选区和议题配置如何与众议院制定社会政策立法有关。立法选区是根据国家就社会政策问题采取的立法行动确定的，然后在国家一级进行唱名表决。通过研究州一级立法机构唱名表决和随后的联邦立法机构投票结果之间的关系，将有可能调查社会政策制定在这几十年中如何从州一级转移到国家一级，从而为接下来的新政时代奠定基础。将根据以民主改革著称的进步时代是否产生结构单一或多维的问题群来评估问题配置。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。考虑到近几十年来1960年代的社会和政治变革，我们将评估界定二十世纪就职典礼的社会和政治变革如何将这些民主要求的双重原则与制定社会政策联系起来。考虑到这些观点，第十九修正案--赋予妇女选举权--的通过将作为一个适当的例子加以审查。将在公民权利和社会政策问题的背景下审查这项立法的特殊问题协调以及州一级选民的影响。麦克唐纳博士还将主持一系列关于性别和社会科学的讲座，担任哈佛大学拉德克利夫分校女性研究专业本科生的导师和顾问，并指导一名本科生研究助理。该项目进一步推动了VPW计划的目标，即：(1)为妇女提供机会，在NSF资助的工程和科学学科中发展她们的职业生涯；(2)通过提高受雇于工业、政府和学术机构的女科学家和工程师的知名度，鼓励妇女追求科学和工程事业。通过鼓励妇女参与科学，这是对国家未来科学活力的宝贵投资。

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.