Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins present congressional parties as a species of 'legislative cartel'. These cartels seize the rule-making power of the House to make rules governing the structure and process of legislation. This book focuses on various aspects to control the agenda.
Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins present congressional parties as a species of 'legislative cartel'. These cartels seize the rule-making power of the House to make rules governing the structure and process of legislation. This book focuses on various aspects to control the agenda.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Gary W. Cox is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. In addition to numerous articles in the areas of legislative and electoral politics, he is author of The Efficient Secret (winner of the Samuel H. Beer dissertation prize in 1983); co-author of Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House (winner of the Richard F. Fenno Prize in 1993) and Elbridge Gerry's Salamander: The Electoral Consequences of the Reapportionment Revolution (Cambridge, 2002); and author of Making Votes Count: Strategic Coordination in the World's Electoral Systems (1997), which was awarded APSA's award for the best book in political science (Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award), the best book in comparative politics (Gregory Luebbert Prize), and the best book in political economy. His latest book, Setting the Agenda: Responsible Party Government in the US House of Representatives, with co-author Mathew McCubbins, was published in 2005. Cox is a former Guggenheim Fellow and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996.
Inhaltsangabe
Part I. The Autonomy and Distinctiveness of Committees: 1. Self-selection and the subgovernment thesis 2. The seniority system in Congress 3. Subgovernments and the representativeness of committees Part II. A Theory of Party Organization: 4. Institutions as solutions to collective dilemmas 5. A theory of legislative parties Part III. Parties as Floor Voting Coalitions: 6. On the decline of party voting in Congress Part IV. Parties as Procedural Coalitions: Committee Appointments: 7. Party loyalty and committee assignments 8. Contingents and parties Part V. Parties as Procedural Coalitions: The Scheduling Power: 9. The majority party and the legislative agenda 10. Controlling the legislative agenda.
Part I. The Autonomy and Distinctiveness of Committees: 1. Self-selection and the subgovernment thesis 2. The seniority system in Congress 3. Subgovernments and the representativeness of committees Part II. A Theory of Party Organization: 4. Institutions as solutions to collective dilemmas 5. A theory of legislative parties Part III. Parties as Floor Voting Coalitions: 6. On the decline of party voting in Congress Part IV. Parties as Procedural Coalitions: Committee Appointments: 7. Party loyalty and committee assignments 8. Contingents and parties Part V. Parties as Procedural Coalitions: The Scheduling Power: 9. The majority party and the legislative agenda 10. Controlling the legislative agenda.
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