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Legislative Engagement

Legislative Engagement is a scholarly construct within political science that denotes the systematic participation of legislators in legislative processes through activities such as bill sponsorship, committee involvement, debate, and voting, distinguished from mere attendance by its substantive contribution to lawmaking and policy development.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Buying Time: Moneyed Interests and the Mobilization of Bias in Congressional Committees

Richard Hall, Frank Whelon Wayman · American Political Science Review · 1990 · 940 citations

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Participation in Congress

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 593 citations

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Senators as Political Entrepreneurs: Using Bill Sponsorship to Shape Legislative Agendas

Wendy J. Schiller · American Journal of Political Science · 1995 · 403 citations

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PACs, Issue Context, and Congressional Decisionmaking

Christopher Witko · Political Research Quarterly · 2006 · 95 citations

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The Civil Servant as Legislator: Law Making in British Administration

Edward C. Page · Public Administration · 2003 · 80 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JM
    Janet M. Box‐Steffensmeier

    The Ohio State University, United States

    2 publications · 129 citations

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  2. KC
    Katherine Cruz

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  3. BD
    Bruce Desmarais

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    1 publications · 49 citations

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  4. SM
    Shane Martin

    University of Leicester, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  5. SC
    Samuel C. Patterson

    The Ohio State University, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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Institutions

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  1. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    100 citations

  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    78 citations

  3. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  4. University of Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  5. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  6. Texas Christian University

    Fort Worth, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  7. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    62 citations

  8. Boston College

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

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Venues

  1. Legislative Studies Quarterly

    3 publications · 155 citations

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  2. Journal of Policy Practice

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  4. American Journal of Political Science

    AJPS · 2 publications · 465 citations

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  5. Political Research Quarterly

    PRQ · 2 publications · 122 citations

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