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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788301803321

Autore

Ringe Nils

Titolo

Bridging the information gap : legislative member organizations as social networks in the United States and the European Union / / Nils Ringe and Jennifer Nicoll Victor ; with Christopher J. Carman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : The University of Michigan Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-472-02921-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VictorJennifer Nicoll

Disciplina

328.3/306

Soggetti

Legislative bodies

Legislators - Social networks - United States

Legislators - Social networks - European Union countries

Public administration - Social aspects

Political sociology

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

Bridging the information gap: the social and political power of legislative member organizations -- Solutions to informational collective action dilemmas: theorizing the benefits of legislative member organizations -- Where in the world are LMOs? -- Building the case: legislative member organizations in the European Parliament and the U.S. Congress -- Networking the legislators -- There's no such thing as too much information (in legislative politics) -- Conclusion: how LMOs do and do not matter -- Appendix A. Survey questions -- Appendix B. Exponential random graph models.