Replication data for: Rethinking the Comparative Perspective on Class and Representation: Evidence from Latin America
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'Does it matter that working-class citizens are numerically underrepresented in political offices throughout the world?  For decades, the conventional wisdom in comparative politics has been that it does not, that lawmakers from different classes think and behave roughly the same in office.  In this paper, we argue that this conclusion is misguided.  Past research relied on inappropriate measures of officeholders’ class backgrounds, attitudes, and choices.  Using data on 18 Latin American legislatures, we show that lawmakers from different classes bring different economic attitudes to the legislative process.  And using data on one least-likely case, we show that pre-voting decisions like sponsoring legislation often differ dramatically along social class lines, even when political parties control higher-visibility decisions like roll-cal' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["Latin America","Political elites","Representation","Social classes"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'Does it matter that working-class citizens are numerically underrepresented in political offices throughout the world?  For decades, the conventional wisdom in comparative politics has been that it does not, that lawmakers from different classes think and behave roughly the same in office.  In this paper, we argue that this conclusion is misguided.  Past research relied on inappropriate measures of officeholders’ class backgrounds, attitudes, and choices.  Using data on 18 Latin American legislatures, we show that lawmakers from different classes bring different economic attitudes to the legislative process.  And using data on one least-likely case, we show that pre-voting decisions like sponsoring legislation often differ dramatically along social class lines, even when political parties control higher-visibility decisions like roll-cal' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
Does it matter that working-class citizens are numerically underrepresented in political offices throughout the world?  For decades, the conventional wisdom in comparative politics has been that it does not, that lawmakers from different classes think and behave roughly the same in office.  In this paper, we argue that this conclusion is misguided.  Past research relied on inappropriate measures of officeholders’ class backgrounds, attitudes, and choices.  Using data on 18 Latin American legislatures, we show that lawmakers from different classes bring different economic attitudes to the legislative process.  And using data on one least-likely case, we show that pre-voting decisions like sponsoring legislation often differ dramatically along social class lines, even when political parties control higher-visibility decisions like roll-cal
Latin America; Political elites; Representation; Social classes