Politics and eminent domain: Evidence form the 1879 California Constitution

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Mark T Kanazawa, Carleton College

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Kanazawa, Mark T. Politics and eminent domain: Evidence form the 1879 California Constitution. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-08-14. https://doi.org/10.3886/E193326V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This paper explores the politics of eminent domain, using a specific historical episode: the enactment of the new California constitution in 1879.  It presents evidence that the failure of a constitutional provision that would have codified eminent domain powers for water development resulted from a complex interchange of economic interests among farmers, miners, and urban residents.  This evidence was manifested in delegate behavior on the floor of the constitutional convention in 1878, including various roll-call votes, which are subjected to an econometric analysis.  The results have implications for the interpretation of legislative eminent domain decisions, and the degree to which economic development processes are shaped by the institutional environment in which they occur. 

Scope of Project

Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage California
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1878 – 1879
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2021 – 2023
Universe:  View help for Universe Delegates to 1878 California constitutional convention
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) roll call voting data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Drawn from Debates and Proceedings of the 1878 California constitutional convention.

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate NA
Sampling:  View help for Sampling All voting delegates
Data Source:  View help for Data Source Debates and proceedings of the 1878 California constitutional convention
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) other
Scales:  View help for Scales NA
Weights:  View help for Weights NA
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation roll-call votes
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit NA

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