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The Executive Toolbox: Building Legislative Support in a Multiparty Presidential Regime

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: How do presidents win legislative support under conditions of extreme multipartism? Comparative presidential research has offered two parallel answers, one relying on distributive politics and the other claiming that legislative success is a function of coalition formation. The authors merge these insights in an integrated approach to executive-legislative relations while also considering dynamism and particular bargaining contexts. The authors find that the two presidential “tools”—pork and coalition goods—function as imperfect substitutes. Coalition goods establish an exchange baseline, while pork covers the ongoing costs of operation. Pork expenditures also depend upon a president’s bargaining leverage and the distribution of legislative seats.

Source: Political Research Quarterly

DOI: 10.1177/1065912909355711

Authors: Eric D. Raile, Carlos Pereira, Timothy J. Power

Institutions: North Dakota State University, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Michigan State University, University of Oxford

Language: English

Topic: Electoral Systems and Political Participation

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2132491393

FWCI: 33.58

Cites: 59

Cited by: 299

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