Thanks so much everyone (and sorry for my late reply)! This is of tremendous help - given what Praachi and Peter mentioned, the provision of local public goods (or something else along the line) may be more helpful to understand the behavior of Indian politicians... Thanks again!
On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 6:25:03 AM UTC-5 pmay...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Ryu, > > I endorse what Praachi has said in his response: in Parliamentary systems, > party discipline is the rule. In Australia, for example, on the rare > occasion an MP defies 'the whip' it may be front page news. > Many years ago Henry Hart interviewed many MPs in the Indian Lok Sabha. > Since there were no interesting differences in voting behaviour, he > concentrated on the different ways they related to their constituents: > "MPs as Nation-Builders" > Henry C. Hart > Economic and Political Weekly > Vol. 2, No. 3/5, Annual Number (Feb., 1967), pp. 191+193-195+197-200 (8 > pages) > > best wishes, > Peter Mayer > > On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 3:30:48 PM UTC+9:30 Praachi Misra wrote: > >> In India, voting on legislation is not a 'conscience vote'. Legislators, >> do not take individual positions, but follow the party whip. Not following >> the whip can lead to the disqualification of legislators, or breakaway >> groups. >> >> A detailed write up is available *here >> <https://loksabhadocs.nic.in/Refinput/New_Reference_Notes/English/15072022_111659_1021205175.pdf> >> >> *from the Lok Sabha & Parliament library. PRS provides a more concise >> write-up here >> <https://prsindia.org/theprsblog/the-anti-defection-law-explained>. >> >> Regards, >> P >> >> On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 1:07:56 AM UTC+5:30 Ryu Matsuura wrote: >> >>> Hi Shiv, >>> >>> Thanks for asking and sorry for the lack of clarity here - what I meant >>> is how each MP/MLA votes for bills/legislations introduced in assemblies. I >>> fundamentally would like to understand how each politician behaves in >>> office so I wonder if there are any datasets or archives on (i) which bill >>> is introduced by which politician and (ii) how each politician reacts to >>> bills (e.g. votes for or against bills). >>> >>> Thanks so much! >>> Ryu >>> On Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 2:31:01 PM UTC-5 Shiv Hastawala wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Ryu >>>> >>>> I'm not sure about what you mean by 'how an MP/MLA cast a ballot in >>>> their legislation'. Casting a ballot usually refers to the act of voting >>>> in >>>> an election. If you mean to say that you need info on who these >>>> politicians >>>> voted for (which they do since they are also citizens of the nation) or >>>> something similar regarding their own vote, then I don't think anything of >>>> that sort is going to be available. >>>> >>>> But if you meant something else and if I didn't understand that, it >>>> would be great if you could please explain it once again. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 1:53 PM, Ryu Matsuura <rmatsu...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> Hope everyone is doing great. My name is Ryu - I am an economics PhD >>>>> student at Northwestern University. I am looking for data that help me >>>>> understand the behavior of MPs and/or MLAs once elected. I wonder if >>>>> any of you are aware of any datasets that would be relevant. Does anyone >>>>> know, say, if there are any digitized or archival records of how each >>>>> state >>>>> MLA or MP cast a ballot for each legislation in the assemblies? I would >>>>> really appreciate it if you can kindly let me know if there are any >>>>> datasets that can help me understand the behavior of Indian politicians. >>>>> >>>>> I am aware that the MPLADS data (which Professor Francesca Jensenius >>>>> compiled) as well as the Question Hours data from the Trivedi Center are >>>>> out there. If anyone knows any other datasets (even undigitized records >>>>> would be helpful), please let me know! Thanks so much in advance! >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Ryu >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. 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