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Turning the legislative thumbscrew : minority rights and procedural change in legislative politics / Douglas Dion.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dion, Douglas, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legislative bodies--United States.
- Legislative bodies.
- Parliamentary practice--United States.
- Parliamentary practice.
- United States. Congress--Rules and practice.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (310 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2001, c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study of minority rights in legislative politics.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-288) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-60459-7
- 9786612604591
- 0-472-02269-5
- OCLC:
- 732605528
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