Setting the Agenda

Legislative Studies Around the World






 

Worldwide

Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins. Forthcoming.  Setting the Agenda: Parliaments,                Procedural Cartels and Policy Making



U.S. House of Representatives


Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins 2002.  Agenda Power in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1877 to 1986,” in David Brady and Mathew D. McCubbins,” Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress: New Perspectives on the History of Congress. Stanford University Press.


Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins.  2005.  Setting the Agenda: Responsible Party Government in the US House of Representatives.  Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins.  2006. Legislative Leviathan, Second Edition.  Cambridge University Press.  (Data archive to be posted.)



Gary W. Cox, Chris Den Hartog and Mathew D. McCubbins 2006. The Motion to Recommit in the U.S. House of Representatives”, in David W. Brady and Mathew D. McCubbins eds., Process, Party and Policy Making: Further Advancements on the History of Congress.




U.S. Senate



Andrea Campbell, Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins. 2002. Agenda Power in the U.S. Senate, 1877 to 1986,” in David Brady and Mathew D. McCubbins,” Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress: New Perspectives on the History of Congress. Stanford University Press.




Japanese Diet


Gary W. Cox, Mikitaka Masuyama and Mathew D. McCubbins.  2000.  Agenda Power in the Japanese House of Representatives,” Japanese Journal of Political Science..



Brazilian Camara dos Deputados



Octavio Amorim Neto, Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins. 2003.  Agenda Power in Brazil´s Câmara dos Deputados, 1989 to 1998,” World Politics.


      
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British House of Commons


Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins.  2005.  Setting the Agenda in the British House of Commons.”





German Bundestag


William Chandler, Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins.  2006.  Agenda Control in the German Bundestag, 1987-2002.” German Politics.



Italian Chamber of Deputies


Gary W. Cox, William B. Heller, and Mathew D. McCubbins.  2003.  Agenda Power in the Italian Chamber of Deputies: 1988 to 2000.”

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Danish Folketinget



Gary W. Cox, Mathew D. McCubbins, and Asbjorn Skjaeveland. 2005. The Danish Folketinget: Some Notes


      
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US State Legislatures


Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins.  2005. “Procedural Cartels in Texas: A Note.



Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins.  2005, “Agenda Control in the California Legislature.”

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Gary W. Cox, Thad Kousser and Mathew D. McCubbins 2005.  What Polarizes Parties? Preferences and Agenda Control in American State Legislatures.  Paper presented at the 2005 APSA Meeting, Washington D.C.



We will be posting the data sets used in each of these studies as the articles, book chapters and books are finished.  If you want any of the data used, and we have yet to post it here, please contact Mat McCubbins at Mathew.Mccubbins@marshall.usc.edu.  In some instances, our coauthors may control the data sets and their release.

 
Until published, the research reported here is preliminary, subject to revision or restatement, and is for discussion use only, please do not quote or cite without permission.

 We acknowledge the financial support that made this research possible.  The National Science Foundation, grant numbers SBR-9422831 and SES-9905224, and the Public Policy Research Project at UC San Diego generously contributed to our data collection and research efforts, and the UC San Diego Committee on Research supported us with various grants throughout the early stages of our research.  Funds were also provided by the Chancellor’s Associates Chair.  We owe a debt of gratitude to each of these institutions.