Turning the legislative thumbscrew : minority rights and procedural change in legislative politics / / Douglas Dion
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| Autore: |
Dion Douglas <1961->
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| Titolo: |
Turning the legislative thumbscrew : minority rights and procedural change in legislative politics / / Douglas Dion
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| Pubblicazione: | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2001, c1997 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 342.73/05 |
| Soggetto topico: | Legislative bodies - United States |
| Parliamentary practice - United States | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-288) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A study of minority rights in legislative politics. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Turning the legislative thumbscrew |
| ISBN: | 1-282-60459-7 |
| 9786612604591 | |
| 0-472-02269-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808422303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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