When’s the Party (or Coalition)? Agenda-Setting in a Highly Fragmented, Decentralized Legislature

This paper examines committee behavior in Colombia to determine whether parties or coalitions exert agenda-setting powers despite the fact that the formal rules seemingly create little incentive for cooperation. Colombia’s party system is extremely fragmented, electoral volatility is high, and there...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mónica Pachón, Gregg B. Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Politics in Latin America
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Online Access:https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jpla/article/view/959