The practice and implications of legislative proxy voting in Ukraine

Governing parties often face the challenge of coordinating the behavior of legislators to pass bills and achieve their policy goals. Solutions to this collective action problem vary, but generally involve a combination of inducements and punishments to encourage legislators to toe the party line. &q...

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Published in:	Post-Soviet affairs Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 41 - 62
Main Authors:	Herron, Erik S., Fitzpatrick, Brian, Palamarenko, Maksym
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Columbia Routledge 02-01-2019 V.H. Winston & Sons Incorporated
Subjects:	Accountability Collective action Legislation Legislators Proxy solicitation proxy voting Roll-call voting SEC proxy rules Ukraine Voting Ukraine
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Summary:	Governing parties often face the challenge of coordinating the behavior of legislators to pass bills and achieve their policy goals. Solutions to this collective action problem vary, but generally involve a combination of inducements and punishments to encourage legislators to toe the party line. "Ghost voting," a form of proxy voting in which legislators record roll-call votes in place of their absent co-partisans has been noted over time in many representative institutions. This article addresses the process of proxy voting in Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada, empirically demonstrating that proxy voting has been widespread and essential to the success of crucial legislation. At the same time, proxy voting creates impediments to measures of legislative unity and undermines accountability.
ISSN:	1060-586X 1938-2855
DOI:	10.1080/1060586X.2018.1513219