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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    24 November 2009
    11 April 2005
    ISBN:
    9780511614644
    9780521851947
    9780521617475
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511614644
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.45kg, 248 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.337kg, 248 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Research Methods in Politics, Politics: General Interest, Politics and International Relations, Research Methods In Politics
    Series:
    Analytical Methods for Social Research
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    Subjects:
    Research Methods in Politics, Politics: General Interest, Politics and International Relations, Research Methods In Politics
    Series:
    Analytical Methods for Social Research
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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.

    Reviews

    'This book achieves its aim of explaining how to build a spatial model and will be essential reading for those engaged in that, while still being readable and related well to real politics.'

    Source: Political Studies Review

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