Legislator Success in Fragmented Congresses in Argentina: Plurality Cartels, Minority Presidents, and Lawmaking PDF
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Legislator Success in Fragmented Congresses in Argentina Plurality Cartels, Minority Presidents, and Lawmaking ERNESTO CALVO University of Maryland CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS University Printing House, Cambridge CB2 8Bs, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 2oth Floor, New York, NY 10006, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia 4843'24, 2nd Floor, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, Delhi -110002, India 79 Anson Road, #06-04/06, Singapore 079906 Cambridge University Press is part of the Unive_rsity of Cambridge. It furthers the University's mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international leveis of excellence. www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/978II07676671 ©Ernesto Calvo 2014 This publication is incopyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2014 First paperback edition 2017 A catalorgeuceof rodtr h ipsu blicaitsai voani lfarboltme h Ber itLiisbhr ary Libraryo fC ongreCsast �loginiP nugb licadtaitoan Calvo, Ernesto. Legislator success in fragmented congresses in Argentina : plurality cartels, minority presidents, and lawmaking I Ernesto Calvo. pages cm ISBN 978-1-107-06513-0 (Hardback) -ISBN 978-1-107-67667-1 (Paperback) Argentina. Congreso de la Nación. 2. Legislative power-Argentina r. 3. Representativc government and representation-Argentina. 4. Argentina Politics and government-2002-· s. Uruguay. Asamblea General. 6. Legisla tive power-Uruguay. 7. Uruguay-Politics and government-198 5- 8. Representa tive government and representation-Uruguary. I. Title. 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For Isabel/a, Camilo, and Violeta Contents List of figures pageix List of tables XI Preface XIII I Plurality parties, plurality cartels, and legislative success I PART 1 PLURALITY CARTELS AND LEGISLATIVE SUCCESS 2 Party blocs, committee authorities, and plurality cartels: the Argentine Congress as an institution driven by consent 3I 3 A statistical model of legislative success 52 PART II LEGISLATIVE SUCCESS AND THE SEQUENTIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS 4 Electoral institutions and legislative fragmentation in Argentina: an overv1ew 6 5 5 Legislator success and the committee system in the Argentine House 84 6 On the plenary floor: special motions, vanishing quorum, and the amendment of the plenary schedule II2 7 Legislative success �nd legislative productivity in a divided congress I29 PART III BEYOND PLURALITY CARTELS 8 The determinants of the president's legisla tive success I4 5 9 Plurality-led congresses with limited gatekeeping authority: the House of Representatives of Uruguay I67 Vll Contents VIU 10 Concluding remarks: plurality-led congresses as a research agenda References 199 Index 2II
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