Legislative Response to Constituents’ Interests in New Democracies
The 18th National Assembly and Income Inequality in Korea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7294184 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Han Soo Lee (0000-0001-7749-0317, Kyung Hee University), Min Hee (Kyung Hee University), Hee Min, Jungkun Seo (Kyung Hee University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 312-334 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Government and Opposition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0017-257X • E-ISSN: 1477-7053 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/gov.2016.27 |
| OpenAlex | W2516963367 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 30 |
Legislative responses to social changes signify how representative democracy works. Yet research is still needed to find out whether and how representatives in new democratic countries address the constituents’ interests and demands. We revisit the 18th National Assembly in Korea (2008–12) to examine legislative activities surrounding the issue of economic inequality. To understand how lawmakers in the new democracy like Korea respond to the demands of redistributive policies, we turn to representatives’ co-sponsorship behaviour. We find that Korean lawmakers do respond to constituents’ preferences. More specifically, Korean lawmakers representing conservative districts tend to care less about economic inequality than other representatives while controlling their partisanship. This study fleshes out the link between the represented and the representatives in a new democracy where party discipline at the expense of constituency connection has long dominated legislative politics
Democracy · Development economics · Economic inequality · Economics · Inequality · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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Congressmen's Voting Decisions
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Political Institutions
Public Opinion and Public Policy
Polarized America
American Public Opinion
Income Inequality in the United States, 1913-1998
Presidents and the Political Economy
Congress, The Electoral Connection
Congress
Voice and Equality
Lower-Class Mobilization and Policy Linkage in the U.S. States
The Marginals Never Vanished
Legislative Voting Behaviour in the Regional Party System
Dyadic Representation Reappraised
The Policy Consequences of Class Bias in State Electorates
Territorialized party politics and the politics of local ecomomic development
Constituency Influence in Congress
Politics, Institutions, and Welfare Spending in Industrialized Democracies, 1960-82
Out of Step, Out of Office
Winner-Take-All Politics
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |