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The official journal of the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association

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Catch up on some of the research published in Legislative Studies Quarterly this August. Here are a few articles you may have missed 🧵
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"Federalism, Geography, and the Representation of Cities in the US Congress" by @LeahRosenstiel (@VandyPoliSci) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Federalism, Geography, and the Representation of Cities in the US Congress

How elections impact the behavior of legislators is one of the most fundamental questions in the study of representation, yet little is known about the role of electoral geography. In a federal...

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"Congressional Oversight Reports as Legislative Branch Work Product and Research Resource" by Grace A. Moore (@waynestate), David Rapallo (@GeorgetownLaw), and @SeanMTheriault (@UTAustin) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Congressional Oversight Reports as Legislative Branch Work Product and Research Resource

The Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy at Wayne State University Law School is in the process of creating the first-ever comprehensive database of congressional oversight reports for all House...

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📚 A few recent Legislative Studies Quarterly articles you may have missed. Catch up on new research in legislative politics from LSQ 🧵
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"When Does Term Length Matter? Party Status, Polarization, and Legislative Productivity" by @mebednarczuk (@austinpeay) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

When Does Term Length Matter? Party Status, Polarization, and Legislative Productivity

Longer terms should increase legislative productivity by extending time horizons, yet the empirical evidence for this outcome is inconsistent. This manuscript argues that the effects of term length...

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"Learning in Committee? How Racial Diversity Shapes Speech, Evidence Use, and Substantive Representation in Congress" by @jacob__lollis (@uofcincy) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Learning in Committee? How Racial Diversity Shapes Speech, Evidence Use, and Substantive Represen...

Research on descriptive representation has primarily examined whether and how descriptive representatives themselves advance group interests. In the context of race, this work shows that nonwhite...

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Read it now! "Does Unequal Representation Bias Policymaking? Quasi-Experimental Evidence From the Italian Senate" by @tronconemassimo (@NYUpolitics) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Does Unequal Representation Bias Policymaking? Quasi‐Experimental Evidence From the Italian Senate

How does unequal representation affect policymaking? Existing research shows that overrepresented districts exert disproportionate influence over public policy, yet our understanding of the underly...

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Catch up on the latest LSQ articles below:
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"The House Appropriations Committee Surveys & Investigations Staff and the Arc of Congressional Competence" by Matthew Dull (@virginia_tech) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

The House Appropriations Committee Surveys & Investigations Staff and the Arc of Congressional...

This article follows the arc of congressional competence through the development and decline of the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) Surveys & Investigations (S&I) staff, an enduring oversight...

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"Out of Step, Out of Party: Party Switching in American State Legislatures" by @bshor (@UHouston) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Out of Step, Out of Party: Party Switching in American State Legislatures

Do parties shape legislators' revealed behavior, or do they merely reflect it? Party switchers offer a rare opportunity to examine party effects because the same legislators can be observed before...

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New to LSQ - "Partisan Knowledge Claims in Congressional Oversight" by Kenneth Lowande (@RiceUniversity) and Mark A. Weiss (@fordschool) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Partisan Knowledge Claims in Congressional Oversight

Congress negotiates while uncertain about the effects of proposed policies, and often relies on committees to conduct oversight that reports about the past and projects the future. Little is known...

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"Ulterior Oversight: Minority Party Investigations and the Politics of Exclusion" by @jordanmbutcher (@WichitaState) and Cody A. Drolc (@UofSC) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Ulterior Oversight: Minority Party Investigations and the Politics of Exclusion

The minority party in Congress faces structural barriers to influencing policy and controlling the oversight agenda. Yet even when excluded, it can use investigations and formal reports to challenge...

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"Career Rewards for Part-Time Politicians" by Frederik K. Kjøller (@uni_copenhagen) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Career Rewards for Part‐Time Politicians

Do part-time politicians benefit professionally from holding political office? Despite the prevalence of part-time officeholders in democratic systems, little is known about how political service...

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