On parliamentary war : partisan conflict and procedural change in the US 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 non-existent and unorthodox parliamentary procedures are frequently needed to pass important legislat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wallner, James I. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
Series:Legislative politics & policy making.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Freedom of debate.
United States. > Congress > Rules and practice.
États-Unis. > Congress. > Senate > Liberté de parole.
États-Unis. > Congress > Règlements et procédure.
United States. > Congress.
United States. > Congress. > Senate.
Filibusters (Political science) > United States.
Legislation > United States > History.
Parliamentary practice > United States.
Obstructionnisme > États-Unis.
Filibusters (Political science)
Legislation.
Parliamentary practice.
United States.
History.
Rules.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • On parliamentary war
  • Parliamentary war in theory
  • The procedural architecture of Senate decision-making
  • Analyzing minority behavior in parliamentary war
  • The case of a determined minority
  • The case of an undetermined minority
  • In search of a more effective deterrent
  • Preventing nuclear war.

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