In earlier work we have found that it is not innocuous to assume a one-dimensional political space for the purposes of empirical work regarding the US Congress. Analysis that takes into account only the first dimension from an ideal point estimation procedure may be missing important information regarding the underlying structure of politics. In this paper we explore the theoretical underpinnings of the conditional party government argument with a formal model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
*POLITICAL parties, *LEGISLATIVE bodies, *POLITICAL systems, ARGENTINE politics & government
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In this paper we utilize theories originally developed to explain US congressional organization to analyze legislative organization in Argentina [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]