Abstract
Formal theorizing as a mode of inquiry is distinguished both by the kind of theory at which it aims and by the means employed in developing it. This nontechnical review and evaluation covers those portions of formal theory that pertain to legislative phenomena: (a) coalition theory and (b) those areas of social choice theory that bear most directly on voting in legislatures and committees. It also considers the emerging research agenda in formal theory, attempts to account for the considerable discrepancy between the characteristics of legislative processes that are predicted by extant theory and those that are observed, and discusses studies that hold promise for reconciling theory and observation.
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