Legislator Success in Fragmented Congresses in Argentina: Plurality Cartels, Minority Presidents, and Lawmaking (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107676671)

Plurality-led Congresses are among the most pervasive and least studied phenomena in presidential systems around the world. Often conflated with divided government, where an organized opposition controls a majority of seats in congress, plurality-led congresses are characterized by a party with fewer than 50 percent of the seats still in control of the legislative gates. Extensive gatekeeping authority without plenary majorities, this book shows, leads to policy outcomes that are substantially different from those observed in majority-led congresses. Through detailed analyses of legislative success in Argentina and Uruguay, this book explores the determinants of law enactment in fragmented congresses. It describes in detail how the lack of majority support explains legislative success in standing committees, the chamber directorate, and the plenary floor.

Author: Ernesto Calvo
ISBN-10: 1107676673
ISBN-13: 9781107676671
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/13/2017
Pages: 234
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d