Diffusion in Congress
Measuring the Social Dynamics of Legislative Behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6342189 |
|---|---|
| Authors | René Lindstädt (0000-0002-1868-6990, Cardiff University), Ryan J Vander Wielen (0000-0001-7755-6531, Cardiff University), Matthew Green (0009-0000-9862-6340, Cardiff University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 511-527 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Science Research and Methods (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2049-8470 • E-ISSN: 2049-8489 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/psrm.2016.42 |
| OpenAlex | W2536357656 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 30 |
While there is a substantial literature highlighting the presence of social dynamics in legislatures, we know very little about the precise processes that generate these social dynamics. Yet, whether social dynamics are due to peer pressure, frequency of interaction, or genuine learning, for example, has important implications for questions of political representation and accountability. We demonstrate how a recent innovation can be used to study the diffusion of behavior within legislatures. In particular, we study diffusion within the US House of Representatives by looking at the dynamic process underlying discharge petitions. The discharge procedure shares many characteristics with other forms of legislative behavior, yet it has one important advantage when it comes to studying social dynamics: we can observe when members decide to sign petitions. Based on data from 1995 to 2014, we find that the social dynamics underlying the discharge procedure tend to involve the rational evaluation of information conveyed by the behavior of previous petition signatories
Accountability · Diffusion · Dynamics (music · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sign (mathematics · Social dynamics · Social learning · Social science · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Social Media and Politics
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Interdependent policy instrument preferences
Thinking outside the (temporal) box to explain protracted intrastate conflict
Congressmen's Voting Decisions
Innovation Diffusion in Heterogeneous Populations
Legislative cosponsorship networks in the US House and Senate
Where You Sit is Where You Stand
When rigidity does not fail
Congress, The Electoral Connection
Congress
A Theory of Fads, Fashion, Custom, and Cultural Change as Informational Cascades
Now out of Never
Uncovering the Hidden Effect of Party
Communication Networks in the Diffusion of an Innovation in an Organization 1
The Calculus of Cosponsorship in the U.S. Senate
Bottom‐Up Federalism
The Politics of Diffusion
Legislative Success in a Small World
Political Friendship in the Legislature
The House Discharge Procedure and Majoritarian Politics
Congressional Parties and Civil Rights Politics from 1933 to 1972
Discharge Petitions, Agenda Control, and the Congressional Committee System, 1929–76
Gatekeeping
Connecting the Congress
Networks in the Legislative Arena
Cosponsors and Wafflers from A to Z
The Mechanisms of Policy Diffusion
On Waves, Clusters, and Diffusion
An Individual-Based Model of Innovation Diffusion Mixing Social Value and Individual Benefit
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |