logrolling
- noun
- /ˈlɔɡˌroʊlɪŋ/
- Literature
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intercambio de favores
- The TOOLONG approach generally sees decisions as simply a matter of compromise and logrolling.
Examples
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Indeed, the curriculum itself was surrendered to pork barrel politics, and its formation led to a process remarkably similar to congressional logrolling that aimed to allocate required student credits in a politically acceptable manner.
Academic text (1991) -
Watkins' plan, like all the others made public so far, would perpetuate the system in which transportation projects are determined by rent-seeking, political logrolling, and ideology, not demonstrated need.
Blog text (9) -
This may have been the result of logrolling necessary to create broad support for the Commission's recommendations.
Academic text (2017) -
This study uses logrolling as a means of attaining integrative outcomes in negotiation.
Academic text (1992) -
Logrolling toward compromise
Academic text (1994) -
Through implicit logrolling, a coalition of interest groups, comprising a bare majority of voters, can get all of their favored projects approved for public provision.
Academic text (1992) -
While integrative potential can be realized in several ways, one popular means is logrolling, a process of trading off lower-priority issues in return for favorable outcomes on high-priority issues.
Academic text (1992) -
Majoritarian processes are now known to be limited and corruptible by "logrolling," Condorcet cycling, and Arrow's Theorem, resulting in special interest legislation that does not even represent the views of the majority.
Academic text (2008) -
By making "jointness" (that is, inter-service cooperation) a matter of dogma rather than good sense in all cases, it paved the way for more logrolling, favor-trading, and a least-common-denominator approach.
Academic text (2000) -
Logrolling in Congress often leads to the passage of legislation that benefits multiple parties at the same time.
Synonyms
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7.1
Giving and getting help or benefits so both sides gain
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Logrolling in politics comes from a simple old practice where neighbors helped each other move or 'roll' logs, a way of giving and getting help. So in government, logrolling means 'trade favors' or 'swap votes' so each person gets what they want.