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Andrew J. Taylor - The Floor In Congressional Life - 9780472035472 - V9780472035472
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The Floor In Congressional Life

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Description for The Floor In Congressional Life Paperback. Taylor offers a historically grounded comparative assessment of the rules governing proceedings on the floors of the U.S. House and Senate Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.

The House and the Senate floors are the only legislative forums where all members of the U.S. Congress participate and each has a vote. Andrew J. Taylor explores why floor power and floor rights in the House are more restricted than in the Senate and how these restrictions affect the legislative process. After tracing the historical development of floor rules, Taylor assesses how well they facilitate a democratic legislative process—that is, how well they facilitate deliberation, transparency, and widespread participation.

Taylor not only compares floor proceedings between the Senate and the House in recent decades; he also compares recent congressional proceedings ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Legislative Politics and Policy Making
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472035472
SKU
V9780472035472
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Andrew J. Taylor
Andrew J. Taylor is Professor of Political Science at North Carolina State University.

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