Legislator Success in Fragmented Congresses in Argentina: Plurality Cartels, Minority Presidents, and Lawmaking

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
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/13/2017
Pages: 234
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781107676671

About the Author
Calvo, Ernesto: - Ernesto Calvo is Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Chair of the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has received the Lawrence Longley Award and the Leubbert Best Article Award from the Representation section and the Comparative Politics section of the American Political Science Association. Calvo serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Political Science and Legislative Studies Quarterly. His research has been published in numerous top US, European, and Latin American journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, World Politics, The British Journal of Political Science, Political Studies, Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies, Política y Gobierno, Desarrollo Económico, Opiniao Publica, and the Revista de Ciencia Politica.