An Examination of Legislative Roll Call Voting in the Czech Republic Using Spatial Models

0336362 - SOÚ 2010 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Lyons, Pat - Lacina, Tomáš
An Examination of Legislative Roll Call Voting in the Czech Republic Using Spatial Models.
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review. Roč. 45, č. 6 (2009), s. 1155-1190. ISSN 0038-0288. E-ISSN 0038-0288
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA407/07/1395
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70280505
Keywords : Roll-call voting * spatial models * legislative behaviour
Subject RIV: AD - Politology ; Political Sciences
Impact factor: 0.562, year: 2009

Using roll-call and parliamentary survey data from the sixth legislature in the Czech Republic (2006–2008), this research demonstrates that spatial models of roll-call data are not readily explainable in terms of party cohesion and discipline. The difficulty of making a substantive interpretation of dimensions extracted suggests the use of spatial models of roll-call voting where party discipline is strong requires more theoretical and methodological work.
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