Exploring Committee Outliers in a Weak Party State Legislature: The Louisiana House, 2000-2003

Studies on the role of committees in legislatures have focused primarily on the U.S. Congress. In this study I expand on these studies by determining whether or not the distributive, informational, or major party cartel theory used to explain the role of committees at the national level can be exten...

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Main Author:	Sandahl, Trisha Mari
Other Authors:	Cameron Thies
Format:	Others
Language:	en
Published:	LSU 2005
Subjects:	Political Science
Online Access:	http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04142005-190013/

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spelling	ndltd-LSU-oai-etd.lsu.edu-etd-04142005-1900132013-01-07T22:50:02Z Exploring Committee Outliers in a Weak Party State Legislature: The Louisiana House, 2000-2003 Sandahl, Trisha Mari Political Science Studies on the role of committees in legislatures have focused primarily on the U.S. Congress. In this study I expand on these studies by determining whether or not the distributive, informational, or major party cartel theory used to explain the role of committees at the national level can be extended to the state level; i.e. the Louisiana house legislature. Hypotheses are tested by using roll call votes in the Louisiana House for the years 2000-2003. This study finds substantial support for the informational theory and minimal support for the distributive and major party cartel theories in the Louisiana House legislature. Cameron Thies Kate Bratton James Garand LSU 2005-04-22 text application/pdf http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04142005-190013/ http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04142005-190013/ en unrestricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached herein a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to LSU or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below and in appropriate University policies, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report.
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description	Studies on the role of committees in legislatures have focused primarily on the U.S. Congress. In this study I expand on these studies by determining whether or not the distributive, informational, or major party cartel theory used to explain the role of committees at the national level can be extended to the state level; i.e. the Louisiana house legislature. Hypotheses are tested by using roll call votes in the Louisiana House for the years 2000-2003. This study finds substantial support for the informational theory and minimal support for the distributive and major party cartel theories in the Louisiana House legislature.
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Exploring Committee Outliers in a Weak Party State Legislature: The Louisiana House, 2000-2003

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