02276nam 2200541Ia 450 991080842230332120200520144314.01-282-60459-797866126045910-472-02269-5(CKB)2670000000039596(OCoLC)732605528(CaPaEBR)ebrary10393004(SSID)ssj0000430162(PQKBManifestationID)11301602(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430162(PQKBWorkID)10453273(PQKB)10522035(MiAaPQ)EBC3414830(EXLCZ)99267000000003959619970516h20011997 ub 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrTurning the legislative thumbscrew minority rights and procedural change in legislative politics /Douglas Dion1st ed.Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press2001, c19971 online resource (310 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-472-08826-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-288) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: Minority Rights in Legislatures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Partisan Theory of Obstruction and Procedural Change -- Part 2: Evidence from the U.S. House, 1837−95 -- 3. Testing Assumptions and Links -- 4. Rules Changes in the Antebellum House -- 5. Rules Changes in the Gilded Age -- 6. The Missing Rules Changes -- Part 3: Evidence from Other Institutions -- 7. The U.S. Senate -- 8. Going Abroad: The House of Commons and the Austrian Parliament -- Part 4: Conclusion -- 9. Final Thoughts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.A study of minority rights in legislative politics.Legislative bodiesUnited StatesParliamentary practiceUnited StatesLegislative bodiesParliamentary practice342.73/05Dion Douglas1961-1759750MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808422303321Turning the legislative thumbscrew4198400UNINA