Spatial Models of Parliamentary Voting

Informationen zum Autor Keith T. Poole is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author or coauthor of over 40 articles as well as the coauthor of Congress: A Political-Economic History of Roll Call Voting and Income Redistribution and the Realignment of American Politics. Klappentext This book presents a simple geometric voting model for analyzing parliamentary roll call data. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The geometry of parliamentary roll call voting; 3. The optimal classification method; 4. Probabilistic spatial models of parliamentary voting; 5. Practical issues in computing spatial models of parliamentary voting; 6. Conducting natural experiments with role calls; 7. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Keith T. Poole, Keith T. (University of California Poole
• Assisted by: Nathaniel L. Beck (Editor), Lawrence L. Wu (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.04.2005
• EAN: 9780521851947
• ISBN: 978-0-521-85194-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Analytical Methods for Social; Analytical Methods for Social Research; Analytical Methods for Social
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education