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Minority Rights, Majority Rule: Partisanship and the Development of Congress

by Sarah A. Binder

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Minority Rights, Majority Rule seeks to explain why majority parties have consistently been so powerful in the U.S. House of Representatives while minorities often prevail in the Senate. Dr. Binder charts the history of minority rights in both chambers and explains how partisan battles--fought under rules inherited from the past--have shaped the creation and suppression of minority rights. Dr. Binder's statistical analysis and historical work provide the first comprehensive account of the development of minority rights in Congress and contribute to literature on the historical development of Congress.

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Minority Rights, Majority Rules seeks to explain why congressional majorities parties are so powerful in the US House of Representatives and minorities so often dominant in the Senate. Dr Binder explains how partisan battles - fought under rules inherited from the past - have throughout congressional history shaped the creation and suppression of minority rights.

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Minority Rights, Majority Rules explains why majority parties dominate in the US House of Representatives, while minorities often dominate in the Senate.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-232) and index.
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Table of Contents

1. The partisan basis of procedural choice; 2. The evolving concepts of house and Senate minority rights; 3. Procedural choice in the early congress: the case of the Previous Question; 4. Allocating minority rights in the house, 1789-1990; 5. Institutionalizing party in the nineteenth century house; 6. Stacking the partisan decks in the twentieth century house; 7. Inherited rules and procedural choice in the Senate; 8. Assessing the partisan theory; Appendices; References.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780521587921
Author:
Binder, Sarah A.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Government and political science
Subject:
History, theory and practice
Subject:
Congress
Subject:
Decision-making
Subject:
Legislation
Subject:
Legislation -- United States.
Subject:
United States Politics and government Decision making.
Subject:
United States Congress.
Subject:
General Political Science
Subject:
Government - Legislative Branch
Subject:
United States Politics and government.
Subject:
Politics-United States Politics
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
10
Publication Date:
19970631
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
15 b/w illus. 23 tables
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
9.01x6.06x.69 in. .80 lbs.
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