IPS651: Comparative Legislative Studies

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Week 1: Introduction

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The status of discipline

Weisberg, H.F., Heberlig, E.S. and Campoli, L.M. (eds) (1999) Classics in Congressional Politics. New York: Longman. Ch 1 here

Polsby, N.W. and Schickler, E., 2002. Landmarks in the Study of Congress since 1945. Annual Review of Political Science, 5(1), pp.333-367. here, reprinted

Urbinati, N. and Warren, M.E., 2008. The concept of representation in contemporary democratic theory. Annual Review of Political Science, 11(1), pp.387-412. here

Martin, S. et al. (2022) ‘The Past of Parliamentary and Legislative Studies’, Parliamentary Affairs, 75(4), pp. 727–739. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsac008

Taylor-Robinson, M.M. et al. (2022) ‘The Present of Parliamentary and Legislative Studies’, Parliamentary Affairs, 75(4), pp. 740–753. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsac010

Crewe, E. et al. (2022) ‘The Future of Parliamentary and Legislative Studies’, Parliamentary Affairs, 75(4), pp. 754–766. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsac009

Classification of parliaments and legislatures around the world

Mezey, M. L. (1979). "Classifying Legislatures" In Comparative Legislatures. Sage Publications. here

Taylor-Robinson, M. M. (1999). Who gets legislation passed in a marginal legislature and is the label marginal legislature still appropriate?: A study of the Honduran Congress. Comparative Political Studies, 32(5), 589-625.

Cox, G. W., & Morgenstern, S. (2001). Latin America’s reactive assemblies and proactive presidents. Comparative Politics, 33(2), 171-189. here

Institutionalization/development of parliaments and legislatures

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Polsby, N. W. 1968. The institutionalization of the US House of Representatives. The American Political Science Review: 144-168.

Cox, G. W. (1987). The efficient secret: The cabinet and the development of political parties in Victorian England. Cambridge University Press.

Hibbing, J.R., 1988. Legislative institutionalization with illustrations from the British House of Commons. American Journal of Political Science, 32(3): 681-712. here

Hagopian, F., C. Gervasoni, and J. A. Moraes. 2009. From Patronage to Program: The Emergence of Party-Oriented Legislators in Brazil. Comparative Political Studies 42(3): 360-391. here

Electoral connection

Mayhew, D. R. (1974). Congress: The electoral connection. Yale University Press. here

Alford, J.R. and Hibbing, J.R., 2004. The origin of politics: An evolutionary theory of political behavior. Perspectives on politics, 2(4), pp.707-723. here

Fenno, R. F. (1977). U.S. House Members in Their Constituencies: An Exploration. The American Political Science Review, 71(3), 883–917. here

Miller, W. E., & Stokes, D. E. (1963). Constituency influence in Congress. American Political Science Review, 57(1), 45-56. here

Eulau, H. and Karps, P.D., 1977. The puzzle of representation: Specifying components of responsiveness. Legislative Studies Quarterly, pp.233-254. here

Crisp, Brian, M C. Escobar-Lemmon, B. Jones, M. Jones, and M M. Taylor-Robinson. 2004. Vote-Seeking Incentives and Legislative Representation in Six Presidential Democracies, Journal of Politics 66: 823-846. here

Fenno, R. F. (1978). Home style: House members in their districts. Little, Brown.

Kuklinski, J. H. (1979). Representative-Constituency Linkages: A Review Article Legislative Studies Quarterly, 4(1), 121–140. https://doi.org/10.2307/439608

Cain, B. E., Ferejohn, J. A., & Fiorina, M. P. (1987). The personal vote: Constituency service and electoral independence. Harvard University Press.

Grimmer, J. (2013). Representational Style in Congress. Cambridge University Press.

Sanches, E.R., Conduto, J., Marinha, A. and Espírito-Santo, A., 2024. What do we mean when we talk about constituency service? A scoping literature review of four decades of research. Political Research Exchange, 6(1), p.2377652.

Fenno, R. F. (1973). Congressmen in committees. Little, Brown and Company

Smith, S. S. (1986). The Central Concepts in Fenno’s Committee Studies. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 11(1), 5–18. https://doi.org/10.2307/439905

Pandemic and legislature

The Theory and Practice of Legislation Volume 8, 2020 - Issue 1-2: Legislatures in the Time of Covid-19

The Journal of Legislative Studies Volume 28, Issue 3, 2022 pages 299-487: Parliaments in Times of Crises: Democratic Accountability in the EU Economic Governance from the Euro to the COVID Crisis here

West European Politics 44(5-6): COVID-19 in Europe: Political Reactions and Consequences here

Chiu, Shihyi A., 2023. Conflict or Rally effect: The Opposition Party's Reaction to Government Handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Legislative Yuan. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 19(1). here

Tsai, C.H., 2023. Legislative Oversight and Democratic Satisfaction at a Time of Crisis in Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 19(1). here

Sheng, S.Y., 2023. Pandemic Legislation in a Decentralized Legislature The Case of Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 19(1). here

Huang, I.S., 2023. Constituency Influence and Parliamentary Oversight Under Covid-19 Pandemic Experience from Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 19(1), pp.73-97. here

Lin, N., 2023. COVID-19 and Legislative Representation in Taiwan: An Examination of Plenary Interpellations in the Legislative Yuan. 《臺灣民主季刊》 20(2) here

Krumbein, F. (2024) 'Protection of Human Rights: Taiwan’s Legislature during COVID-19 Crisis', Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 20(1), pp. 155–177. here

Liu, S.J.S. and Wan, T.L.A., 2024. COVID success? For whom? Examining the political representation of migrants in Taiwan. Ethnic and Racial Studies, pp.1-23. here

Representation

Pitkin, H.F., 1969. The concept of representation. Univ of California Press.

Powell, G. B., Jr. (2004). Political Representation in Comparative Politics. Annual Review of Political Science, 7(1), 273–296.

Mansbridge, J., 2003. Rethinking representation. American political science review, 97(4), pp.515-528.

Wolkenstein, F. and Wratil, C., 2021. Multidimensional representation. American Journal of Political Science, 65(4), pp.862-876.

Bird, K., Saalfeld, T., & Wüst, A. (Eds.). (2011). The political representation of immigrants and minorities: Voters, parties and parliaments in liberal democracies. London: Routledge.

  • Gendered representation

Yang, W.Y., 1999. Politics of gender differences in Taiwan's legislative Yuan: descriptive, symbolic, or substantive representation. PhD Dissertation at Michigan State University.

Yang, W.Y., 2018. Beyond Number: Women's Representation in Taiwan's Post-Reform Legislative Elections. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 14(2).

Prihatini, E. S. (2019). Women’s representation in Asian parliaments: A QCA approach. Contemporary Politics, 25(2), 213–235.

Shim, J., 2021. Gender and Politics in Northeast Asia: Legislative Patterns and Substantive Representation in Korea and Taiwan. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 42(2), pp.138-155. here

Shim, J., 2021. Gender politics and legislative networks in Taiwan: An analysis of women-bill co-sponsorship and bill success. Parliamentary Affairs, 74(3), pp.639-661.

Shim, J., 2022. Substantive representation of women and policy-vote trade-offs: does supporting women’s issue bills decrease a legislator’s chance of reelection?. The Journal of Legislative Studies, 28(4), pp.533-553.

Kim, N.K., 2022. Women's Descriptive and Substantive Representation in East and Southeast Asia. In New Democracy and Autocratization in Asia (pp. 12-33). Routledge.

Joshi, D.K. and Echle, C., 2023. Substantive representation of women in Asian parliaments. Routledge.

Huang, Chang-Ling. 2024. Critical Actors and the Challenges in Mainstreaming Gender in Taiwan's Parliament. Politics and Governance. Vol 12: Gender Equality Reforms in Parliaments here

  • Indigenous representation

Templeman, K., 2018. When do electoral quotas advance indigenous representation?: Evidence from the Taiwanese legislature. Ethnopolitics, 17(5), pp.461-484. here

Pao, Cheng-hao and Daniel Davies, 2021. Indigenous political participation and indigenous voting behaviour in Taiwan. In Taiwan's Contemporary Indigenous Peoples (pp. 165-183). Routledge. here

DeHart, C. and Mamet, E., 2023. Do Reserved Seats Work? Evidence from Tribal Representatives in Maine. State Politics & Policy Quarterly, 23(3), pp.283-305.

Blasingame, E., Hansen, E.R. and Witmer, R.C., forthcoming. Are Descriptive Representatives More Successful Passing Group-Relevant Legislation? The Case of Native American State Legislators. Political Research Quarterly

  • Misc

Mamet, E., 2021. Representation on the Periphery: The Past and Future of Nonvoting Members of Congress. American Political Thought, 10(3), pp.390-418.

Electoral connection in Taiwan

Tsai, C.-H. (2005). Policy-Making, Local Factions and Candidate Coordination in Single Non-Transferable Voting: A Case Study of Taiwan. Party Politics, 11(1), 59–77.

Batto, N. F., & Kim, H. A. (2012). Coordinative Advantages of State Resources under SNTV: The Case of Taiwan. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 13(3), 355–377.

Position-taking

Kingdon, J. W. (1977). Congressmen’s voting decisions. Harper & Row.

Morgenstern, S. (2003). Patterns of legislative politics: Roll-call voting in Latin America and the United States. Cambridge University Press.

Poole, K. T., & Rosenthal, H. (2007). Ideology & Congress. Transaction Publishers.

Carey, J. M. 2007. Competing principals, political institutions, and party unity in legislative voting. American Journal of Political Science, 51(1), 92-107.

Carey, J.M., 2008. Legislative voting and accountability. Cambridge University Press.

Rich, T.S., 2017. Electoral paths and support for same-sex marriage legislation: Evidence from Taiwan’s mixed-member system. International Political Science Review, 38(5), pp.563-576. here

Jang, J. and Lin, N.C., 2019. Personal votes, electoral competitiveness of parties, and legislative representation in Taiwan under SNTV. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 20(1), pp.21-32.

黃秀端, 蔡承翰 and 陳宥辰, 2023. 換了位置, 就換了腦袋?: 執政黨身分與否對臺灣立委 在美豬, 美牛進口議題的影響. 政治科學論叢∕第 98 期∕頁 41-82.

Chen, I.T.Y. and Wu, K.Y.H., forthcoming. Where you stand depends on where you sit: inconsistencies in Taiwan legislators' positions on importing US meat. Japanese Journal of Political Science, pp.1-20.

Liao, Y.C. forthcoming Electoral reform and fragmented polarization: New evidence from Taiwan legislative roll calls. Legislative Studies Quarterly

Decentralized legislative organization

Shepsle, K. A., & Weingast, B. R. (1994). Positive theories of congressional institutions. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 19(2), 149-180.

Krehbiel, K. (1991). Information and legislative organization. University of Michigan Press.

Cox, G. W., & McCubbins, M. D. (1993/2004). Legislative leviathan: Party government in the House. University of California Press.

Cox, G. W., & McCubbins, M. D. (2005). Setting the agenda: Responsible party government in the US House of Representatives. Cambridge University Press.

Smith, S. S. (2000). Positive theories of congressional parties. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 25(2), 193-216.

Batto, N.F., 2005. Electoral strategy, committee membership, and rent seeking in the Taiwanese legislature, 1992–2001. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 30(1), pp.43-62.

Huang, S.H., 2019. How formal parliamentary negotiation affects policy-making: Evidence from Taiwan. Parliamentary Affairs, 72(3), pp.702-723.

Huang, I.S.H. and Sheng, S.Y., 2022. Rethinking the Decentralization of Legislative Organization and its Implications for Policymaking: Evidence from Taiwan. Government and Opposition, 57(2), pp.318-335.

Mandate divide

Batto, N.F., 2012. Differing mandates and party loyalty in mixed-member systems: Taiwan as a baseline case. Electoral Studies, 31(2), pp.384-392.

Rich, T.S., 2014. Party Voting Cohesion in Mixed Member Legislative Systems: Evidence from Korea and Taiwan. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 39(1), pp.113-135.

Jang, J., 2016. Taiwan, still as a baseline case supporting for the differing mandate hypothesis: An analysis of bill sponsorship in the Legislative Yuan (1992–2012). Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, 1(2), pp.215-222.

Liao, Y.C., 2022. Party leadership, electoral reform, and mandate-divide. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 23(3), pp.209-230.

Executive-legislative relations

Cheibub, J. A., A. Przeworski, and S. M. Saiegh. 2004. Government coalitions and legislative success under presidentialism and parliamentarism. British Journal of Political Science 34(4): 565-587.

Tsebelis, G. 1995. Decision making in political systems: Veto players in presidentialism, parliamentarism, multicameralism and multipartyism. British Journal of Political Science: 289-325.

Liao, Da-chi and Herlin Chien. 2005. Why No Cohabitation in Taiwan?. China Perspectives 58: 55-59.

Tsai, J.H., 2009. Political structure, legislative process, and corruption: comparing Taiwan and South Korea. Crime, law and social change, 52, pp.365-383.

Kim, Y.H., 2015. A troubled marriage? Divided minority government, cohabitation, presidential powers, president-parliamentarism and semi-presidentialism. Government and Opposition, 50(4), pp.652-681.

Lin, J.W., 2017. How are the powers of the president decided? Vote trading in the making of Taiwan’s semi-presidential constitution. International Political Science Review, 38(5), pp.659-672.

Lee, D.S., 2018. Executive capacity to control legislatures and presidential choice of cabinet ministers in East Asian democracies. Governance, 31(4), pp.777-795. here

Tsai, J.H. ed., 2021. Presidents, Unified Government and Legislative Control, Springer. Ch 3

Legislative brawls

Judge, D., 1992. Disorder in the ‘frustration’parliaments of Thatcherite Britain. Political Studies, 40(3), pp.532-553.

Wolfe, E.L., 2004. Creating democracy's good losers: The rise, fall and return of parliamentary disorder in post-war Japan. Government and Opposition, 39(1), pp.55-80. here

Spary, C., 2010. Disrupting Rituals of Debate in the Indian Parliament. The Journal of Legislative Studies, 16(3), pp.338-351.

Democratization 20(3): Disruptive Democracy: Analysing Legislative Protest here

Spary, C., 2013. Legislative protest as disruptive democratic practice. Democratization, 20(3), pp.392-416.

Gandrud, Christopher. 2016. Two Sword Lengths Apart: Credible Commitment Problems and Physical Violence in Democratic National Legislatures. Journal of Peace Research 53: 130–145. here

Batto, N.F. and Beaulieu, E., 2020. Partisan conflict and citizens’ democratic attitudes: How partisanship shapes reactions to legislative brawls. The Journal of Politics, 82(1), pp.315-328. here

Whitmore, S., 2019. Disrupted Democracy in Ukraine? Protest, Performance and Contention in the Verkhovna Rada. Europe-Asia Studies, 71(9), pp.1474-1507.

Whitmore, S., 2020. Performing protest and representation? Exploring citizens’ perceptions of parliament in Ukraine. East European Politics, 36(1), pp.86-106.

Phadnis, A., 2021. Party discipline and disruptions of legislative business: evidence from India. The Journal of legislative studies, 27(3), pp.381-399.

Phadnis, A. and Manibabu, B.P., 2021. Disruptions in the legislature: an insider’s view from legislators in India. India Review, 20(3), pp.348-371.

Addadzi-Koom, M.E. and Agyei, K.B., 2022. Legislative violence in Ghana: a threat to democracy?. The Journal of Legislative Studies, pp.1-21.

Kettler, J.J., Fowler, L. and Witt, S.L., 2022. Is it us? Is it them? Or is it this place? Predicting civility in state legislatures. State Politics & Policy Quarterly, 22(1), pp.50-69.

Schmoll, M. and Ting, W.L., 2023. Explaining Physical Violence in Parliaments. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 67(2-3), pp.375-401. data

Galais, C. and Bermúdez, S., 2024. Understanding Conflict Dynamics in Spanish Parliament: MPs’ Personality Traits and Attitudes Toward Conflict. American Behavioral Scientist

Batto, N.F., 2024. Making Punches Count: The Individual Logic of Legislative Brawls. Oxford University Press.

Jeong, G.H., forthcoming. When voting no is not enough: Legislative brawling and obstruction in Korea. Legislative Studies Quarterly. here

Serban, R., 2024. Conflictual behaviour in legislatures: Exploring and explaining adversarial remarks in oral questions to prime ministers. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 26(2), pp.548-568. here

Bøggild, T. and Jensen, C., forthcoming. When politicians behave badly: Political, democratic, and social consequences of political incivility. American Journal of Political Science.

Party switching and legislative behavior

Fell, D., 2014. Should I stay or should I go? Patterns of party switching in multiparty Taiwan. Journal of East Asian Studies, 14(1), pp.31-52.

Fell, D., 2017. Do party switchers pay an electoral price? The case of Taiwan. Parliamentary Affairs, 70(2), pp.377-399.

Chang, A. and Tang, Y.C., 2015. Dual Defection Incentives in One System: Party Switching under Taiwan's Single non-transferable Vote. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 16(4), pp.489-506.

Congress and foreign policy-making

Liao, Da-chi and Yueh-Ching Chen. 2014. Parliamentary Oversight in ‘Atypical Foreign Affairs’ under Semipresidentialism – a Comparison of the French National Assembly, Romania’s Parliament and Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan. Romanian Journal of Comparative Law 5(1): 83-125 here

Aldrich, J.H., Gelpi, C., Feaver, P., Reifler, J. and Sharp, K.T., 2006. Foreign policy and the electoral connection. Annual Review of Political Science, 9, pp.477-502.

Catalinac, A., 2016. Electoral reform and national security in Japan: From pork to foreign policy. Cambridge University Press.

Links

Journals

Institutes

Legislative election in Taiwan

Nathan, Andrew J. 1993. "The Legislative Yuan elections in Taiwan: Consequences of the electoral system." Asian Survey 33, no. 4: 424-438.

Copper, J.F., 1996. Taiwan's 1995 Legislative Yuan Election. Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies.

Ferdinand, P., 1996. Taiwan's legislative and presidential elections 1995, 1996. Democratization, 3(4), pp.491-500.

Tan, A.C. and Yu, T.C., 2000. The december 1998 elections in Taiwan. Electoral Studies, 19(4), pp.621-628.

Tsai, W.H. and Chen, G.P., 2001. Building a Democratic State in Modernizing Taiwan: The 2001 Legislative Election and the Push for Pluralism. Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies.

Tsai, W.H., 2002. The DPP Administration Under a Dark Cloud: The 2001 Legislative Election and the Call for Cooperation. American Journal of Chinese Studies, pp.23-42.

Schafferer, C., 2003. The Legislative Yuan Election, Taiwan 2001. Electoral Studies, 22(3), pp.532-537.

Copper, J.F., 2004. Taiwan's 2004 Legislative Election: Putting it in Perspective. Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies, 2004(4), p.1.

Kennedy, B.L., 2005. The 2004 Taiwanese Legislative Elections: An Inexact Science. American Journal of Chinese Studies, pp.135-161.

Muyard, F., 2008. Taiwan Elections 2008: Ma Ying-jeou’s victory and the KMT’s return to power. China Perspectives, 2008(2008/1), pp.79-94.

Shelley Rigger The 2012 Elections In Templeman, K., Chu, Y.H. and Diamond, L.J. eds., 2020. Dynamics of Democracy in Taiwan: The Ma Ying-jeou Years. Lynne Rienner Publishers

Batto, N.F., 2014. Continuity in the 2012 presidential and legislative elections. In Political Changes in Taiwan Under Ma Ying-jeou (pp. 15-36). Routledge.

Fell, D. and Chen, C., 2014. Lessons of defeat and success: Taiwan's 2012 elections in comparative perspective. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 43(3), pp.13-43.

Copper, J.F., 2016. Taiwan’s 2016 Presidential/Vice Presidential and Legislative Election: Reflections on the Nature of Taiwan’s Politics and Shifts Therein. Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies, 2016(1), p.1.

Hsieh, J.F.S., 2019. Taiwan’s general elections of 2016. In Taiwan's Political Re-Alignment and Diplomatic Challenges, pp.49-69.

Bush, R.C., 2021. Elections and the challenges of governing in Taiwan under Tsai. In Taiwan in the Era of Tsai Ing-wen (pp. 19-38). Routledge.

The Legislative Yuan and others

Su, Yen-Tu. 2023. "The Legislative Yuan of Taiwan." In Routledge Handbook of Asian Parliaments, pp. 366-383. Routledge. here

Liao, T.C., 2005. How Does a Rubber Stamp Become a Roaring Lion? The Transformation of the Role of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan during the Process of Democratization (1950-2000). Issues and Studies 41(3), p.31. here

Hawang, S.D., 2016. Executive-legislative relations under divided government. In Taiwan’s democracy challenged: The chen shui-bian years, pp.123-144. here

Dai, S.C. and Wu, C.L., 2014. The role of the Legislative Yuan under Ma Ying-jeou: The case of China policy legislation and agreements. Political changes in Taiwan under Ma Ying-jeou, pp.60-82.

Huang, S.H. and Shing-yuan Sheng. 2020 "Legislative Politics" in Dynamics of Democracy in Taiwan: The Ma Ying-jeou Years. Kharis, Templeman, Yun-han Chu and Larry Diamond, eds. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers. here

Liao, D.C., Wu, H.C. and Li, C.H., 2014. Dual Legitimacy in the Development of the Network City-A Case Study of Kaohsiung City Council. Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government, 12(3). here

Liao, D.C. and Chien, H., 2016. Confucian Belief and the Effectiveness of Local Governance: A Survey and Exploration of Taiwanese Local Elites in Seven Counties and Cities. In Democratization in Taiwan (pp. 43-70). Routledge. here

Liao, D.C. and Chen, Y.C., 2017. The Effect of Social Movements on Representative Deficit. Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 13(2), pp.73-106.

Chan, F., 2021. Fragmented politics in Hong Kong—Analyzing the pro-democracy cohesion in the legislative council before 2019. East Asia, 38(3), pp.249-269. here