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Legislative leviathan : party government in the House /

"This book provides an incisive new look at the inner workings of the House of Representatives in the post-World War II era. Reevaluating the role of parties and committees, Gary Cox and Mathew McCubbins view parties in the House--especially majority parties--as a species of 'legislative c...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Cox, Gary W. (Autor), McCubbins, Mathew D. (Mathew Daniel), 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, California : University of California Press, ©1993.
Colección:California series on social choice and political economy ; 23.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. The Weakness of Parties ; Committee Government ; Outline of the Book
  • Part One. The Autonomy and Distinctiveness of Committees. Self-Selection and the Subgovernment Thesis ; The Seniority System in Congress ; Subgovernments and the Representativeness of committees
  • Part Two. A Theory of Party Organization. Institutions as Solutions to Collective Dilemmas ; A Theory of Legislative Parties
  • Part Three. Parties as Floor Voting Coalitions. On the Decline of Party Voting in Congress
  • Part Four. Parties as Procedural Coalitions: Committee Appointments. Party Loyalty and Committee Assignments ; Contingents and Parties
  • Part Five. Parties as Procedural Coalitions: The Scheduling Power. The Majority Party and the Legislative Agenda ; Controlling the Legislative Agenda
  • Appendix 1. Uncompensated Seniority Violations, Eightieth through Hundredth Congresses
  • Appendix 2. A Model of the Speaker's Scheduling Preferences
  • Appendix 3. Unchallengeable and Challengeable Vetoes
  • Appendix 4. The Scheduling Power.