Eduskuntaryhmien äänestyskäyttäytyminen ja -koheesio vuoden 2003 valtiopäivillä

Författare

• Antti Pajala
• Aleks Jakulin
• Wray Buntine

Abstract

Although group cohesion studies are rather common elsewhere, only two analyses of the Finnish parliament Eduskunta have been published. This article provides, firstly, a fresh group cohesion analysis using a modified version of the classic Rice index. Secondly, two advanced voting similarity analyses, together with an easy-to-understand way of illustrating the results, are provided. Where the Agreement Index operates at the parliamentary party group level, the voting similarity analyses are able to analyse and illustrate the individual MP level. The article is partly methodological in testing the voting similarity methods, however, it also provides insight into the recent voting behaviour within Eduskunta.