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UNINA9910815324203321 |
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Autore |
Cox Gary W. |
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Titolo |
Setting the agenda : responsible party government in the U.S. House of Representatives / / Gary W. Cox, Mathew D. McCubbins [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2005 |
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1-107-15486-3 |
1-281-10863-4 |
9786611108632 |
0-511-79112-7 |
0-511-34498-8 |
0-511-34462-7 |
0-511-34423-6 |
0-511-56839-8 |
0-511-34532-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 336 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political parties - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Procedural cartel theory -- Modeling agenda power -- The primacy of Reed's rules in House organization -- Final passage votes -- The costs of agenda control -- The textbook Congress and the Committee on Rules -- The bills reported from committee -- Which way does policy move? -- Positive agenda power -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Scholars of the U.S. House disagree over the importance of political parties in organizing the legislative process. On the one hand, non-partisan theories stress how congressional organization serves members' non-partisan goals. On the other hand, partisan theories argue that the House is organized to serve the collective interests of the majority party. This book advances our partisan theory and presents a series of empirical tests of that theory's predictions (pitted against others). It considers why procedural cartels form, arguing that |
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