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Legislative Cohesion

Legislative Cohesion is a political science construct that measures the degree of unity or agreement among members of a legislative body in voting behavior, party discipline, or policy advocacy, distinguishing it from broader measures of institutional effectiveness by focusing specifically on interpersonal and intergroup alignment within legislative processes.

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75

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60

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2017–2026

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Publications

52

Cohesion in Legislatures and the Vote of Confidence Procedure

Daniel Diermeier, Timothy Feddersen · American Political Science Review · 1998 · 480 citations

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AN AGENDA FOR A REFORMED COHESION POLICY

Fabrizio Barca · 2009 · 198 citations

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To defect or not to defect? National, institutional and party group pressures on MEPs and their consequences for party group cohesion in the European Parliament

Thorsten Faas · European Journal of Political Research · 2003 · 171 citations

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Electoral Influences on Legislative Behavior in Mixed‐Member Systems: Evidence from Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada

Erik S. Herron · Legislative Studies Quarterly · 2002 · 126 citations

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Part 1: Cohesion

John E. Owens · Journal of Legislative Studies · 2003 · 100 citations

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Authors

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  1. NY
    Nikoleta Yordanova

    University of Mannheim, Germany

    2 publications · 128 citations

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  2. GR
    Gérard Roland

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 99 citations

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  3. MZ
    Manfred Zuleeg

    Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

    2 publications · 99 citations

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  4. SD
    Scott Desposato

    University of California San Diego, United States

    2 publications · 110 citations

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  5. EA
    Eduardo Alemán

    University of Houston, United States

    2 publications · 29 citations

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Institutions

60

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    72 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    99 citations

  3. University of Houston

    Houston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    73 citations

  4. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    114 citations

  5. Center for the Study of Democracy

    Sofia, Bulgaria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    100 citations

  6. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    178 citations

  7. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

    Giessen, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    52 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Legislative Studies

    JLS · 6 publications · 264 citations

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  2. Legislative Studies Quarterly

    5 publications · 280 citations

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  3. American Political Science Review

    4 publications · 523 citations

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  4. Party Politics

    3 publications · 77 citations

    3

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  5. West European Politics

    WEP · 2 publications · 114 citations

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