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Influence and Interaction in a State Legislative Body

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  • Francis, Wayne L.

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The purpose of this article is to investigate distributions of influence in a legislative body, to spell out the resulting hypotheses, to introduce a method for estimating the degree of interaction between legislators, and to demonstrate the relevance of specific indicators to the study of legislative behavior. The methodological task falls somewhere between the small group laboratory situation and the more complex arena of community decision-making. Intense observation, control, and precision are sacrificed in favor of a real and vital situation. The analysis of a relatively self-sufficient political entity is lost in favor of maintaining some of the advantages of laboratory research. The universe selected for this study consists of fifty people who must directly or indirectly, but not remotely, rely upon each other in order to satisfy their official purposes.

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  • Francis, Wayne L., 1962. "Influence and Interaction in a State Legislative Body," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 56(4), pages 953-960, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:56:y:1962:i:04:p:953-960_07
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    1. Ethan M. Bernick & E. Lee Bernick, 2008. "Executive‐Legislative Relations: Where You Sit Really Does Matter," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 89(4), pages 969-986, December.

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