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Within and Between Parties: Agendas and Influence in the Legislature
Author Info
Erickson, Mackenzie
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http://orcid.org/0009-0005-5264-0426
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1680697354862381
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2023, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Political Science.
Abstract
A large body of research points to evidence that the U.S. is in an era of strong party government, characterized by internally homogenous and externally heterogeneous parties. In a three article dissertation, I find that parties are not invariably strong and polarized. The first chapter finds evidence of surprising patterns of bipartisanship in state legislatures. The second chapter develops a methodology and produces a data set of scores reflecting members’ influence in their party’s constituent communication. The third chapter uses those scores to test whether party influence extends beyond formal legislative activities.
Committee
William Minozzi (Committee Chair)
Skyler Cranmer (Committee Member)
Janet Box-Stefensmeier (Committee Chair)
Pages
147 p.
Subject Headings
Political Science
Keywords
American politics, Legislatures, Bipartisanship, Partisanship, Congress, State politics, Political methodology, Interest groups, Text-as-data, Network analysis, Constituent communication, Environmental politics, Parties
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Erickson, M. (2023).
Within and Between Parties: Agendas and Influence in the Legislature
[Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1680697354862381
APA Style (7th edition)
Erickson, Mackenzie.
Within and Between Parties: Agendas and Influence in the Legislature.
2023. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1680697354862381.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Erickson, Mackenzie. "Within and Between Parties: Agendas and Influence in the Legislature." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1680697354862381
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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