Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science: Ties, Agenda Setting, and Parties in American State Legislatures

政治学博士论文研究：美国州立法机构中的联系、议程设置和政党

• 批准号: 0418483
• 负责人: Gary Cox
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-01 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0418483&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Political; Science

What explains the variation in party influence in different legislatures? What mechanisms are responsible, and to what degree, for observed levels of partisanship in floor voting? Are variations in preference homogeneity within the parties key, per conditional party government theories (Aldrich and Rohde, 2001)? Are variations in agenda control institutions key, per procedural cartel theory (Cox and McCubbins 2004)? Are parties simply unimportant (Krehbiel 1993)? Most studies posing such questions in the American context focus on Congress; but the contemporary Congress exhibits relatively little institutional or preference variation over the postwar period typically studied, when compared to the amount of such variation at the state level. This project seeks to exploit several advantages offered by studying state legislatures. State legislatures exhibit considerable variation in both their internal agenda-settting institutions and their roll call voting patterns. Thus, they offer a potentially attractive sample through which the role of agenda-setting institutions in bringing about .party influence. can be examined. Furthermore, state legislatures offer .natural experiments. in the form of partisan ties, which have occurred with some frequency of late. By studying the impact of partisan ties, and the institutional adaptations associated with them, on roll call voting, this project will investigate the institutional basis of party influence in state legislatures. NSF funding will be used to travel to state capitals and collect the necessary roll call data and/or to interview legislators and staffers involved in negotiating or implementing power-sharing agreements. Intellectual Merit The burgeoning literature on party influence over roll call voting in the states has paid relatively little attention to the institutional sources of such influence. While the debate in Congress has increasingly focused on the role of agenda-setting institutions in bringing about the observed party influence, the lack of institutional variation within the postwar Congress has hampered resolution of theoretical debates. The states offer a natural laboratory in which agenda-setting institutions vary considerably, both across space and time. Likewise, although partisan ties have been relatively common in state legislatures, they have received little scholarly attention, either in themselves or in their possible consequences. This project seeks to fill these gaps. Broader Impact As the first comprehensive study of the power-sharing agreements that have been struck in state legislatures undergoing partisan ties, this research may shed some light on features of those agreements that .work. and others that have been less effective, in the view of the participants (state legislators and staff) themselves.

如何解释不同立法机构中政党影响力的差异？什么机制对在议会投票中观察到的党派之争程度负责，以及在多大程度上负责？政党内部偏好同质性的差异是每个有条件的政党政府理论的关键吗(Aldrich和Rohde，2001)？根据程序性卡特尔理论，议程控制机构的变化是关键吗(Cox和McCubbins，2004年)？政党根本不重要吗(Krehbiel，1993)？在美国背景下提出这类问题的大多数研究都集中在国会上；但与州一级的这种变化的数量相比，当代国会在通常研究的战后时期表现出的制度或偏好变化相对较小。这个项目寻求利用研究州立法机构提供的几个优势。州立法机构在其内部议程设置机构和唱名表决模式方面都表现出相当大的差异。因此，它们提供了一个潜在的有吸引力的样本，通过这些样本，议程设置机构在产生政党影响力方面的作用。可以被检查。此外，州立法机构还提供自然实验。以党派关系的形式出现，这种情况最近出现得有些频繁。通过研究党派关系的影响，以及与之相关的制度适应，在唱名表决中，这个项目将调查政党在州立法机构中影响力的制度基础。NSF的资金将用于前往各州首府，收集必要的点名数据和/或采访参与谈判或实施权力分享协议的立法者和工作人员。知识分子的价值关于政党对各州唱名投票的影响的新兴文献，对这种影响的制度来源关注相对较少。虽然国会中的辩论越来越多地集中在议程设置机构在实现所观察到的政党影响力方面的作用，但战后国会内部缺乏制度差异，阻碍了理论辩论的解决。各州提供了一个天然的实验室，议程设定机构在空间和时间上都有很大的不同。同样，尽管党派关系在州立法机构中相对常见，但无论是在其本身还是在其可能的后果方面，都几乎没有受到学术上的关注。这个项目试图填补这些空白。更广泛的影响作为对正在经历党派关系的州立法机构达成的权力分享协议的第一次全面研究，这项研究可能会揭示这些协议的一些特点。在参与者(州立法者和工作人员)自己看来，还有一些效率较低的项目。