Format:
1 online resource (352 pages)
ISBN:
9780511344237
Content:
Demonstrates that the majority party seizes agenda control at nearly every stage of the legislative process.
Content:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A precis of procedural cartel theory -- 1.3. The procedural cartel thesis -- 1.4. Outline -- PART I WHY PARTY GOVERNMENT? -- 2 Procedural Cartel Theory -- 2.1. Theories of partisan legislative organization -- 2.1.1. Why Are There Parties in Legislatures? -- 2.1.1.1. Parties are Created to Solve Internal Collective Action Problems -- 2.1.1.2. Parties Are Created to Solve External Collective Action Problems -- 2.1.2. How Are Parties Organized? -- 2.1.2.1. Parties as Firms -- 2.1.2.2. Parties as Partnerships -- 2.1.3. What Do Parties Do? -- 2.1.3.1. Parties as Floor Voting Coalitions -- 2.1.3.2. Parties as Procedural Coalitions -- 2.1.4. How do Majority Parties Control the Agenda? -- 2.1.4.1. Parties as Allocating Proposal Rights -- 2.1.4.2. Parties as Allocating Veto Rights -- 2.2. Procedural cartel theory -- 2.3. How does the majority cartelize the agenda? -- 2.3.1. The Structure of Agenda-Setting Offices -- 2.3.2. Who Gets the Agenda-Setting Offices? -- 2.3.3. Fiduciary Behavior of Officeholders -- 2.3.4. Loyalty from the Rank and File -- 2.3.5. What About Quitting the Party? -- 2.4. conclusion -- PART II NEGATIVE AGENDA POWER -- 3 Modeling Agenda Power -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Modeling the floor agenda -- 3.2.1. Background Assumptions -- 3.2.2. Voting on the Floor -- 3.2.3. The Cartel Agenda Model -- 3.2.4. The Floor Agenda Model -- 3.3. Proposal rights and regimes of exception -- 3.4. Choosing between agenda structures -- 3.5. Conclusion -- Appendix 3.a -- 4 The Primacy of Reed's Rules in House Organization -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. House rules -- 4.2.1. Defining the Universe of Rule and Organizational Changes -- 4.2.2. Organizational Changes.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521853798
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521853798
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Cox, Gary W., 1955 - Setting the agenda Cambridge[u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2005 ISBN 0521619963
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521853796
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521853798
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521619967
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
USA Congress
;
House of Representatives
;
Geschäftsordnung
;
Ausschuss
;
Mehrheitsfraktion
;
Einfluss
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