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28 Legis. Stud. Q. [i] (2003)

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  Legislative Studies Quarterly

          Volume XXVIII, Number 1, February 2003


                   Table  of Contents


Editor's Introduction  ...............................................................  1

Defending the Institutional Status Quo:
Communist Leadership of the
Second Russian State Dume, 1996-99
    PAUL C HAISTY .....................................................................  5

The Role of Investigative Committees in the
Presidential Impeachment Processes in Brazil and Colombia
   N AOKO K ADA .................................................................... 29

The Electoral Consequences of Party Switching
by Incumbent Members of Congress, 1947-2000
   CHRISTIAN R. GROSE AND ANTOINE YOSHINAKA ................. 55

Testing Spatial Models of Elections:
The Influence of Voters and Elites on Candidate Issue Positions
   JOHN FRENDREIs, ALAN R. GITELSON,
   SHANNON JENKINS, AND DOUGLAS D. ROSCOE ..................... 77

Sources of Competition in State Legislative Primary Elections
   ROBERT E. HOGAN .............................................................. 103

Legislative Research Reports .................................................... 127

About the Authors ....................................................................139

Acknowledgement of 2002 Reviewers ..................................... 141