On Parliamentary War : Partisan Conflict and Procedural Change in the U.S. Senate /

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Dysfunction in the contemporary Senate is driven by the deteriorating relationship between the majority and minority parties in the institution. In this environment, regular order is virtually nonexistent and unorthodox parliamentary procedures are frequently needed to pass important legislation. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wallner, James I. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Colección:Legislative politics & policy making.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Rules and practice.
Filibusters (Political science) > United States.
Parliamentary practice > United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • On parliamentary war
  • part I. The strategic context of procedural change
  • Parliamentary war in theory
  • The procedural architecture of Senate decision-making
  • part II. A tale of two minorities
  • Analyzing minority behavior in parliamentary war
  • The case of a determined minority
  • The case of an undetermined minority
  • part III. Deterrence in parliamentary war
  • In search of a more effective deterrent
  • Preventing nuclear war
  • Conclusion.

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