On parliamentary war : partisan conflict and procedural change in the US Senate / James I. Wallner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallner, James I., author.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Series:

Legislative politics & policy making.

Legislative politics & policy making

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress. Senate--Rules and practice.

United States.

Filibusters (Political science)--United States.

Filibusters (Political science).

Parliamentary practice--United States.

Parliamentary practice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 251 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

On parliamentary war : partisan conflict and procedural change in the United States Senate

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2019.

Summary:

Dysfunction in the Senate is driven by the deteriorating relationship between the majority and minority parties. Regular order is virtually nonexistent and unorthodox parliamentary procedures are frequently needed to pass important legislation. Democrats and Republicans are fighting a parliamentary war in the Senate to steer the future of the country. James Wallner presents a bargaining model of procedural change to explain the persistence of the filibuster in this polarized environment, focusing on the dynamics responsible for contested procedural change. Wallner's model explains why Senate majorities have historically tolerated the filibuster, even when it has defeated their agendas, despite having the power to eliminate it. It also shows why the then-Democratic majority deployed the nuclear option to eliminate the filibuster for an Obama judicial nominee in 2013. On Parliamentary War's game-theory approach unveils the relationship between partisan conflict and procedural change in the Senate.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-243) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472126835

0472126830