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DESCRIPTION:Political analysts have long used spatial representa tions as a
  substrate for behavioral models\, especially for legislators’ voting ch
 oices. Most commonly\, we think in terms of a single-dimension continuum o
 f ide ology running from left to right. However\, there are two weaknesses
  of such an approach for the study of elite political behavior. First\, in
  a number of par liaments\, the underlying space appears to be at least tw
 o dimensional\; second\, there are good reasons why\, in many instances\, 
 political action cannot be under stood as a direct expression of preferenc
 es\, but has to be understood in terms of a more complex strate gic orient
 ation. While many political analysts work on generalizing core behavioral 
 models\, we here instead consider three different modes by which partisans
  can indicate their positions—the speeches they give\, the votes they ca
 st\, and the way they interact with one another. We examine the Weimar Rei
 chstag\, a parlia ment in which there were not only two interpretable dime
 nsions\, but a shift in importance from one dimen sion to another. We show
  that this shift was presaged by interaction patterns\, and that close att
 ention to the interactions of parliamentarians may offer a new win dow int
 o elite political behavior.\nSpeaker: John Levi Martin (University of Chic
 ago)
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LOCATION:MPIPS Library Hall\, Hermann-Föge-Weg 11
SUMMARY:Open Lectures 2026: Taking a Position in the Political Field: Votin
 g\, Speeches and Interactions in the German Weimar Reichstag\, 1920-1932 (
 Benjamin Rohr\, co-author)
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