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U.S. State Legislative Committee Assignments and Encouragement of Party Loyalty: An Exploratory Analysis by Sergio A Bárcena J is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The document discusses how political party leaders in U.S. state legislatures can encourage greater party loyalty among legislators by strategically assigning them to influential committees. The author develops a theory that committee assignments will only influence legislator behavior if parties control the assignment process and committees have real policymaking authority. An analysis of five state legislatures finds that legislators with desirable committee positions are more loyal to their party when th

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Sergio A Bárcena J

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