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

本项目分析1900-1920年进步时代的几十年间，立法选区和议题配置如何与众议院社会政策立法的制定相关。立法选区是根据各州在社会政策问题上的立法行动来确定的，然后在全国一级进行唱名表决。通过研究州一级立法机构的唱名投票与随后联邦立法机构的投票结果之间的关系，将有可能研究在这几十年中社会政策制定如何从州一级转移到国家一级，从而为新政时代的到来奠定基础。将根据以民主改革著称的进步时代是否产生了单向度结构或多维度结构的问题组来评估问题配置。特别重要的是将公民权利和社会福利问题结合起来，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年代最近几十年的社会和政治变革，我们将评估定义20世纪就职典礼的社会和政治变革如何将社会政策制定的民主要求的这些双重原则联系起来。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加以审查。将在公民权利和社会政策问题层面的背景下审查这项立法的具体问题一致性以及州一级选区的影响。McDonagh博士还将主持一个关于性别和社会科学的系列讲座，担任哈佛大学/拉德克利夫学院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。该项目进一步推进了VPW计划的目标，即(1)为女性提供在工程和NSF支持的科学学科中发展职业的机会；(2)通过为在工业、政府和学术机构工作的女性科学家和工程师提供更大的知名度，鼓励女性在科学和工程领域追求职业。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.