When’s the Party (or Coalition)? Agenda-Setting in a Highly Fragmented, Decentralized Legislature
This paper examines committee behavior in Colombia to determine whether parties or coalitions exert agenda-setting powers despite the fact that the formal rules seemingly create little incentive for cooperation. Colombia’s party system is extremely fragmented, electoral volatility is high, and there...
Main Authors: | Mónica Pachón, Gregg B. Johnson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2016-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Politics in Latin America |
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Online Access: | https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jpla/article/view/959 |
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