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Setting the agenda : responsible party government in the U.S. House of Representatives /

Scholars of the U.S. House disagree over the importance of political parties in organizing the legislative process. On the one hand, non-partisan theories stress how congressional organization serves members' non-partisan goals. On the other hand, partisan theories argue that the House is organ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cox, Gary W.
Otros Autores: McCubbins, Mathew D. (Mathew Daniel), 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
©2005
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Procedural cartel theory
  • Modeling agenda power
  • The primacy of Reed's rules in House organization
  • Final passage votes
  • The costs of agenda control
  • The textbook Congress and the Committee on Rules
  • The bills reported from committee
  • Which way does policy move?
  • Positive agenda power
  • Conclusion.