Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science: Latino Representation in U.S. Legislatures: Interests, Behavior, and Influence

政治学博士论文研究：美国立法机构中的拉丁裔代表：利益、行为和影响力

• 批准号: 0718783
• 负责人: Kathleen Bratton
• 金额: $ 0.63万
• 依托单位: Louisiana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-15 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0718783&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Political; Science

Primary Investigators: Kathleen Bratton and Stella Rouse Title: Doctoral Dissertation Research: Latino Representation in U.S. Legislatures0718783AbstractThis project focuses on whether increased Latino presence in legislative politics translates into political influence. Specifically, the research explores the link between Latino descriptive and substantive representation in six state legislatures. This research analyzes how Latino "interests" are defined, whether and how those interests are advanced through the legislative process, and how ethnic diversity within a legislature can influence legislative outcomes. Drawing on previous research in race, gender and representation, the project contrasts a descriptive representation model ( in which the ethnicity of a legislator influences behavior even when taking into account constituency and partisanship) with an electoral representation model, in which constituency is the primary motivator of legislator behavior. The major research questions include: Does diversity within legislatures change the behavior of majority individuals? What influence does diversity within legislatures have on policy outcomes? This project will examine these questions in the case of Latino legislators by drawing from previous research on the role of gender and race in the legislative arena. Multiple methods (including regression analysis, content analysis, and network analysis) will be used to examine three main issues. First, ethnic differences in legislative behavior, from the sponsorship stage to the passage stage of the roll-call process, are examined. Second, this project explores whether Latino representatives maximize their influence by building collaborative networks. And third, an examination of whether the increased presence of Latino representatives in a chamber, and increased formal influence, affects individual legislative behavior and legislative outcomes is conducted. A set of data collected from six state legislatures (California, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, New Mexico, and Texas) in 2001 and 2005 is used for this project. This project also includes a significant qualitative component, based on interviews of Latino and non-Latino state legislators from a variety of districts. These interviews are particularly valuable given that many of the relevant issues that make up "Latino issues" (such as immigration) are newly placed on the political agenda. The project will contribute to scholarly knowledge by building on prior empirical work on gender, race, and representation. The merit of the project is further enhanced in that it employs multiple methods to explore how the link between descriptive and substantive representation can vary at different stages and under different conditions within legislative institutions.

主要调查员：凯瑟琳·布拉顿 (Kathleen Bratton) 和斯特拉·劳斯 (Stella Rouse) 标题：博士论文研究：美国立法机构中的拉丁裔代表0718783摘要该项目的重点是增加拉丁裔在立法政治中的存在是否会转化为政治影响力。具体来说，该研究探讨了六个州立法机构中拉丁裔描述性代表和实质性代表之间的联系。 本研究分析了拉丁裔“利益”的定义、这些利益是否以及如何通过立法过程得到推进，以及立法机构内的种族多样性如何影响立法结果。 该项目借鉴了之前在种族、性别和代表方面的研究，将描述性代表模型（其中立法者的种族即使考虑选区和党派之争也会影响行为）与选举代表模型（其中选区是主要动机）进行对比立法者的行为。 主要研究问题包括：立法机构内部的多样性是否会改变大多数人的行为？ 立法机构内部的多样性对政策结果有什么影响？该项目将借鉴之前关于性别和种族在立法领域中的作用的研究，以拉丁裔立法者为例来研究这些问题。 将使用多种方法（包括回归分析、内容分析和网络分析）来研究三个主要问题。首先，从提案阶段到点名程序的通过阶段，立法行为中的种族差异受到了审查。其次，该项目探讨拉丁裔代表是否通过建立协作网络来最大限度地发挥其影响力。第三，审查拉丁裔代表在议院中的存在增加以及正式影响力的增加是否会影响个人立法行为和立法结果。该项目使用了 2001 年和 2005 年从六个州立法机构（加利福尼亚州、亚利桑那州、佛罗里达州、伊利诺伊州、新墨西哥州和德克萨斯州）收集的一组数据。 该项目还包括一个重要的定性部分，基于对来自不同地区的拉丁裔和非拉丁裔州立法者的采访。 鉴于构成“拉丁裔问题”的许多相关问题（例如移民）最近被列入政治议程，这些采访尤其有价值。 该项目将基于之前关于性别、种族和代表性的实证研究，为学术知识做出贡献。 该项目的优点进一步增强，因为它采用多种方法来探讨立法机构内不同阶段和不同条件下描述性代表和实质性代表之间的联系如何变化。