Spatial Models of Parliamentary Voting
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Analytical Methods for Social Research
ISBN-10
0521617472
ISBN-13
9780521617475
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 11th, 2005
Print length
248 Pages
Weight
337 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.20 x 1.90 cms
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Central government
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Presents a geometric voting model for analyzing parliamentary roll call data. The model can be used to study various topics related to legislative voting, including how political parties evolve over time, the existence of sophisticated voting, the representation of ethnic minorities in the legislature, and constituency interests and legislative behavior.
This book presents a simple geometric model of voting as a tool to analyze parliamentary roll call data. Each legislator is represented by one point and each roll call is represented by two points that correspond to the policy consequences of voting Yea or Nay. On every roll call each legislator votes for the closer outcome point, at least probabilistically. These points form a spatial map that summarizes the roll calls. In this sense a spatial map is much like a road map because it visually depicts the political world of a legislature. The closeness of two legislators on the map shows how similar their voting records are, and the distribution of legislators shows what the dimensions are. These maps can be used to study a wide variety of topics including how political parties evolve over time, the existence of sophisticated voting and how an executive influences legislative outcomes.
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