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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455836103321

Titolo

Esteemed colleagues [[electronic resource] ] : civility and deliberation in the U.S. Senate / / Burdett A. Loomis, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2000

ISBN

0-8157-9897-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LoomisBurdett A. <1945-2021.>

Disciplina

328.73/071

Soggetti

Civil society - United States

Government etiquette - United States

Representative government and representation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Civility and Deliberation: A Linked Pair?; Part I: Civility in the U.S. Senate; Chapter Two: Constitutional Cohabitation; Chapter Three: Is the Senate More Civil than the House?; Part II: A Deliberative Institution; Chapter Four: Individualism, Partisanship, and Cooperation in the Senate; Chapter Five: The Procedural Context of Senate Deliberation; Chapter Six: Last among Equals: The Senate's Presiding Officer; Part III: Senate Deliberation in Context

Chapter Seven: Constituency Size and the Strategic Behavior of SenatorsChapter Eight: Senators and Reporters Revisited ; Chapter Nine: The Senate and the Executive; Part IV: Civility and Deliberation in Practice; Chapter Ten: Civility, Deliberation, and Impeachment; Chapter Eleven: The Senate Budget Committee: Bastion of Comity?; Contributors; Index