Wawro / Schickler Filibuster

Obstruction and Lawmaking in the U.S. Senate
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4947-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives

Gregory J. Wawro is Associate Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. He is the author of Legislative Entrepreneurship in the U.S. House of Representatives. Eric Schickler is professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Disjointed Pluralism: Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U.S. Congress and coauthor of Partisan Hearts and Minds: Political Parties and the Social Identity of Voters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wawro, Gregory

Schickler, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
List of Tables, pg. vii
List of Figures, pg. ix
Preface, pg. xi
Chapter 1. Introduction, pg. 1
Chapter 2. Obstruction in Theoretical Context, pg. 25
Chapter 3. The Mutability of Senate Rules, pg. 61
Chapter 4. Where’s the Pivot?, pg. 89
Chapter 5. Dilatory Motions and the Success of Obstruction, pg. 109
Chapter 6. Obstruction and the Tariff, pg. 127
Chapter 7. Slavery and Obstruction in the Antebellum Senate, pg. 159
Chapter 8. Obstruction and Institutional Change, pg. 181
Chapter 9. Cloture Reform Reconsidered, pg. 211
Chapter 10. The Impact of Cloture on the Appropriations Process, pg. 237
Chapter 11. Conclusion, pg. 259
Bibliography, pg. 285
Index, pg. 303

Über Autor(innen)

Gregory J. Wawro is Associate Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. He is the author of Legislative Entrepreneurship in the U.S. House of Representatives. Eric Schickler is professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Disjointed Pluralism: Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U.S. Congress and coauthor of Partisan Hearts and Minds: Political Parties and the Social Identity of Voters.