Melissa P Collie
Biographic Data
| ID | 1068209 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa P Collie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa P |
| FAMILY NAME | Collie |
| SIGNATURE | COLLIE M P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rice University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 156 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Trading Places: Choice and Committee Chairs in the U.S. Senate, 1950-1986
In this paper we ask why members of Congress chair the committees they do. While the answer is related to the norm of seniority, we argue that it additionally involves strategic considerations that have not been considered in prior research. Our analysis examines the choices of senators 1950-1986 who have had the opportunity to chair two or more committees. Because senators are allowed to chair only one committee in any given Congress, these legi…
Electoral Patterns and Voting Alignments in the U. S. House, 1886-1986
Congressional scholars have examined the relationship between electoral and institutional politics from a variety of perspectives. In this tradition, the focus of analysis here is on the importance of individualism in both arenas. The central proposition considered is that individualism in electoral politics will manifest itself in institutional politics. The analysis examines evidence on House elections and congressional voting alignments for 18…
The Rise of Coalition Politics: Voting in the U. S. House, 1933-1980
Largely because of the comparatively low levels of partisanship in congressional voting, the importance of coalitions in the House of Representatives is often taken for granted. For the most part, analyses have focused on change and continuity in specific types of coalitions, obscuring the issue of whether more general changes in coalition politics have been associated with the variations in partisanship over time. This analysis examines partisan…
Universalism and the Parties in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1921-80
In the study of legislative voting behavior, theoretical and empirical work has focused mainly on the description and explanation of patterns of conflict. However, scholars working within the rational choice framework have recently drawn attention to the importance of the coalition, which is characterized by a high degree of consensus among the voting membership. So far, evidence of the universalistic coalition has been restricted to specific pol…
The Legislature and Distributive Policy Making in Formal Perspective
This article considers recent formal models of distributive policy making in the legislature. The article is divided into two major sections. The first section focuses on the theoretical questions underlying the models and highlights their central results. The second section evaluates the models in terms of five main topics. First, the conditions under which a universalistic as opposed to a minimum-winning coalition theoretically prevails are ree…
Voting Behavior in Legislatures
This article considers recent research on legislative voting behavior in nonAmerican legislatures and the U.S. Congress and state legislatures. The literature is discussed in terms of whether the primary object of analysis is the collectivity or the individual decision maker. Accordingly, research is divided into analyses that focus on cleavages and alignments, and analyses that focus on individual voting decisions. A comparative perspective on t…
Incumbency, Electoral Safety, and Turnover in the House of Representatives, 1952-76
Two hypotheses have received a great deal of attention from students of congressional elections. First, many analysts have concluded that an increase in the electoral value attached to incumbency accounts for the rise in incumbents' victory margins observed since the mid-sixties. Second, many scholars have attributed the decline in electoral turnover to the percentage increase in victory margins. Analyzing the electoral histories of 13 House coho…
Incumbency, Electoral Safety, and Turnover in the House of Representatives, 1952-76
Two hypotheses have received a great deal of attention from students of congressional elections. First, many analysts have concluded that an increase in the electoral value attached to incumbency accounts for the rise in incumbents' victory margins observed since the mid-sixties. Second, many scholars have attributed the decline in electoral turnover to the percentage increase in victory margins. Analyzing the electoral histories of 13 House coho…
Universalism and the Parties in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1921-80
In the study of legislative voting behavior, theoretical and empirical work has focused mainly on the description and explanation of patterns of conflict. However, scholars working within the rational choice framework have recently drawn attention to the importance of the coalition, which is characterized by a high degree of consensus among the voting membership. So far, evidence of the universalistic coalition has been restricted to specific pol…
The Legislature and Distributive Policy Making in Formal Perspective
This article considers recent formal models of distributive policy making in the legislature. The article is divided into two major sections. The first section focuses on the theoretical questions underlying the models and highlights their central results. The second section evaluates the models in terms of five main topics. First, the conditions under which a universalistic as opposed to a minimum-winning coalition theoretically prevails are ree…
Voting Behavior in Legislatures
This article considers recent research on legislative voting behavior in nonAmerican legislatures and the U.S. Congress and state legislatures. The literature is discussed in terms of whether the primary object of analysis is the collectivity or the individual decision maker. Accordingly, research is divided into analyses that focus on cleavages and alignments, and analyses that focus on individual voting decisions. A comparative perspective on t…
The Rise of Coalition Politics: Voting in the U. S. House, 1933-1980
Largely because of the comparatively low levels of partisanship in congressional voting, the importance of coalitions in the House of Representatives is often taken for granted. For the most part, analyses have focused on change and continuity in specific types of coalitions, obscuring the issue of whether more general changes in coalition politics have been associated with the variations in partisanship over time. This analysis examines partisan…
Electoral Patterns and Voting Alignments in the U. S. House, 1886-1986
Congressional scholars have examined the relationship between electoral and institutional politics from a variety of perspectives. In this tradition, the focus of analysis here is on the importance of individualism in both arenas. The central proposition considered is that individualism in electoral politics will manifest itself in institutional politics. The analysis examines evidence on House elections and congressional voting alignments for 18…
Trading Places: Choice and Committee Chairs in the U.S. Senate, 1950-1986
In this paper we ask why members of Congress chair the committees they do. While the answer is related to the norm of seniority, we argue that it additionally involves strategic considerations that have not been considered in prior research. Our analysis examines the choices of senators 1950-1986 who have had the opportunity to chair two or more committees. Because senators are allowed to chair only one committee in any given Congress, these legi…
Incumbency, Electoral Safety, and Turnover in the House of Representatives, 1952-76
Two hypotheses have received a great deal of attention from students of congressional elections. First, many analysts have concluded that an increase in the electoral value attached to incumbency accounts for the rise in incumbents' victory margins observed since the mid-sixties. Second, many scholars have attributed the decline in electoral turnover to the percentage increase in victory margins. Analyzing the electoral histories of 13 House coho…
Voting Behavior in Legislatures
This article considers recent research on legislative voting behavior in nonAmerican legislatures and the U.S. Congress and state legislatures. The literature is discussed in terms of whether the primary object of analysis is the collectivity or the individual decision maker. Accordingly, research is divided into analyses that focus on cleavages and alignments, and analyses that focus on individual voting decisions. A comparative perspective on t…
The Rise of Coalition Politics: Voting in the U. S. House, 1933-1980
Largely because of the comparatively low levels of partisanship in congressional voting, the importance of coalitions in the House of Representatives is often taken for granted. For the most part, analyses have focused on change and continuity in specific types of coalitions, obscuring the issue of whether more general changes in coalition politics have been associated with the variations in partisanship over time. This analysis examines partisan…
Universalism and the Parties in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1921-80
In the study of legislative voting behavior, theoretical and empirical work has focused mainly on the description and explanation of patterns of conflict. However, scholars working within the rational choice framework have recently drawn attention to the importance of the coalition, which is characterized by a high degree of consensus among the voting membership. So far, evidence of the universalistic coalition has been restricted to specific pol…
The Legislature and Distributive Policy Making in Formal Perspective
This article considers recent formal models of distributive policy making in the legislature. The article is divided into two major sections. The first section focuses on the theoretical questions underlying the models and highlights their central results. The second section evaluates the models in terms of five main topics. First, the conditions under which a universalistic as opposed to a minimum-winning coalition theoretically prevails are ree…
Electoral Patterns and Voting Alignments in the U. S. House, 1886-1986
Congressional scholars have examined the relationship between electoral and institutional politics from a variety of perspectives. In this tradition, the focus of analysis here is on the importance of individualism in both arenas. The central proposition considered is that individualism in electoral politics will manifest itself in institutional politics. The analysis examines evidence on House elections and congressional voting alignments for 18…
Trading Places: Choice and Committee Chairs in the U.S. Senate, 1950-1986
In this paper we ask why members of Congress chair the committees they do. While the answer is related to the norm of seniority, we argue that it additionally involves strategic considerations that have not been considered in prior research. Our analysis examines the choices of senators 1950-1986 who have had the opportunity to chair two or more committees. Because senators are allowed to chair only one committee in any given Congress, these legi…
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