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Torn and frayed : congressional norms and party switching in an era of reform / Judd Choate.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Choate, Judd, 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress. House.
- United States.
- Legislators--United States.
- Legislators.
- Party affiliation--United States.
- Party affiliation.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 159 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.
- Contents:
- 1. An Examination of Congressional Norms 1
- 2. Project and Methods 23
- 3. Norms in the House: A Historical Examination 41
- 4. Challenging the Norms: 104th Congress 65
- 5. Party Switching in an Institutionalized Congress 89
- 6. Stability of the Norms: 104th Congress 113
- 7. Conclusion and Speculation 137.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-153) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275977900
- OCLC:
- 51178110
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