Author: Morgenstern, Scott
Title: Patterns of Legislative Politics : Roll Call Voting in Latin America and the United States
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2004). orig.boards. 23x15cm, xiv,224 pp. Textual tables.. Minor rubbing. VG. In a torn & rumpled dustwrapper. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Introduction: party, faction, and coalitions, names and abbreviations; Pattern of legislative politics: identifiability and flexibility; Representation and the agent system; Identifying agents; Influences on agent unity: discipline and cohesion; Explaining voting unity; Policy coalitions and agent flexibility; Conclusion. ["Using the U. S. as a basis of comparison, this book makes extensive use of roll call data to explore patterns of legislative politics in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. It extends research concerning party and legislative politics through a detailed analysis of voting patterns of parties, factions, and alliances in Latin America's Southern Cone and contrasts this data with the United States. Scott Morgenstern reveals that the U.S. parties have exhibited higher levels of unity but less flexibility in recent years. " - Publisher's description].

Keywords: Comparative Politics, Latin America, United States, Legislative, Political History, Roll Call Voting, Argentina Brazil, Chile Uruguay,