Neither Hierarchy nor Chaos: The Emergence of Legislative Organization in the Colombian Congress

dc.contributor.advisorHamm, Keithen_US
dc.creatorAroca, Maria Paulaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-04T15:45:41Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-10-04T15:45:41Zen_US
dc.date.created2021-05en_US
dc.date.issued2022-04-22en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2021en_US
dc.date.updated2022-10-04T15:45:41Zen_US
dc.description.abstractThe literature on legislatures suggests a series of social choice, collective action, and individual decision-making problems that ambitious politicians face when making voting choices in legislatures. The most influential modern theories based on the US Congress focus on how politicians delegate power to central institutions that constrain legislative choices in order to solve these problems. In many contexts, however, legislators do not have incentives to delegate such authority. Using the case of the Colombian Congress, this dissertation is focused on exploring how legislators can also achieve their goals and policy ends using non-hierarchical forms of organization. Specifically, voting choices are constrained through a process of self-organization. This process happens without a central authority and is based on repeated individual interactions between legislators, which, over time, generate a system of legislative voting patterns sufficiently stable for legislators to lessen the problems inherent to policy making and successfully pursue their goals. The dissertation provides empirical evidence that the Colombian Congress has developed a structure of individual relationships that systematically influences legislative voting. The dissertation concludes with key implications for the understanding of legislatures.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationAroca, Maria Paula. "Neither Hierarchy nor Chaos: The Emergence of Legislative Organization in the Colombian Congress." (2022) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113473">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113473</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/113473en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectColombian Congressen_US
dc.titleNeither Hierarchy nor Chaos: The Emergence of Legislative Organization in the Colombian Congressen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPolitical Scienceen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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