Abstract

BARCENA JUAREZ, Sergio Arturo. Legislative Involvement without Reelection: Bill Sponsorship Activity of Mexican Federal Deputies: 1985-2015. Polít. gob [online]. 2017, vol.24, n.1, pp.45-79. ISSN 1665-2037.

Standard American models assume reelection as the main incentive for legislative involvement. But what kind of behavior can we expect from representatives serving under a nonreelection norm? The Mexican Chamber of Deputies makes an interesting example for answering the aforementioned question. By analyzing bill sponsorship patterns of Mexican federal deputies throughout the LIII-LXII Congresses (1985-2015), this article tests alternative hypotheses around congressional activity. The research highlights that nonreelection itself does not inhibit legislative entrepreneurship, since a process of regime democratization may stimulate legislators to increase their sponsoring. By using regression models applied to the nonmajoritarian stage of the Chamber, the article finds that belonging to an opposition party, being a female legislator, local legislative experience, and college education foster legislators’ involvement.

Keywords : legislators; Mexico; legislative power; initiatives; reelection.

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