Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 2010. / Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 98-105). / This thesis examines the effect of party-level partisanship on social spending outcomes. Building a model in which party-politician bargaining plays a central role in determining the passage of bills, this paper develops a theory predicting the superior performance of moderate parties in proposing and passing legislation. Testing this theory using historical roll-call and social spending data, this paper finds that the effects of ideology are not so simple, and that the effects of partisanship on party effectiveness varies with the type of policy examined. / by Matthew L. Fisher. / S.M.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MIT/oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/62470 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Fisher, Matthew L |
| Contributors | James Snyder, Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Political Science., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Political Science. |
| Publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | M.I.T. Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 105 p., application/pdf |
| Rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission., http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 |
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