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Lieferstatus:	i.d.R. innert 7-14 Tagen versandfertig
Veröffentlichung:	April 2005
Genre:	Geschichte / Politik / Kultur
	Central / national / federal government / Central government / POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration
ISBN:	9780521617475
EAN-Code:	9780521617475
Verlag:	Cambridge Academic
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Serie:	Analytical Methods for Social Research
Dimensionen:	H 228 mm / B 152 mm / D 19 mm
Gewicht:	337 gr
Illustration:	62 b/w illus. 8 tables, Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
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This book presents a simple geometric model of voting as a tool to analyze parliamentary roll call data. Each legislator is represented by one point and each roll call is represented by two points that correspond to the policy consequences of voting Yea or Nay. On every roll call each legislator votes for the closer outcome point, at least probabilistically. These points form a spatial map that summarizes the roll calls. In this sense a spatial map is much like a road map because it visually depicts the political world of a legislature. The closeness of two legislators on the map shows how similar their voting records are, and the distribution of legislators shows what the dimensions are. These maps can be used to study a wide variety of topics including how political parties evolve over time, the existence of sophisticated voting and how an executive influences legislative outcomes.