With an avalanche of scholarship on the House, it can be tough to balance out coverage in a typical Congress course with appropriate readings on the "slow institution." Offering top-notch research geared to an undergraduate audience, Loomis' new edited volume represents a broad picture of the contemporary Senate and how it came to be. While addressing issues of delay, obstruction, and polarization in a variety of ways, the scholars in this collection are not proposing a reform agenda, but instead, explore the historical and political contexts for how difficult it can be to change a non-majoritarian, highly individualistic institution. Students will come away from these chapters with a much greater appreciation of the Senate's unique combination of tradition, precedent, and constitutional mandate.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781608717279
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-60871-727-9
- Verlag: CQ Press
- Erscheinungstermin: 26.07.2011
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2011
- Produktform: Kartoniert, Paperback
- Gewicht: 432 g
- Seiten: 296
- Format (B x H x T): 152 x 229 x 16 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt