Sizing Up the Senate

Sizing Up the Senate

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780226470061
Untertitel:
The Unequal Consequences of Equal Representation
Genre:
Politikwissenschaft
Autor:
Frances E. Lee, Bruce I. Oppenheimer
Herausgeber:
The University of Chicago Press
Anzahl Seiten:
288
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.10.1999
ISBN:
978-0-226-47006-1

Klappentext
Preface1. Introduction2. Senate Apportionment in Theoretical and Historical Perspective3. The Representational Experience4. Electoral Competiveness, Campaign Fund-Raising, and Partisan Advantage5. Senate Strategies6. The Small-State Advantage in the Distribution of Federal Dollars7. Designing Policy: How the Senate Makes Small States Winners8. The Undemocratic Senate?AppendixesA. The Schubert-Press Measure of Legislative MalapportionmentB. Senators' Mentions on National Nightly News Broadcasts, 103d and 104th CongressesC. Key Votes Included in the Analysis of Hold-Out Behavior in Chapter 5D. Programs Studied in Chapter 7E. Data on the Sample of Formula Grants-in-AidF. House-Senate Conflict over the Programs SampledNotesReferencesIndex


Zusammenfassung
This book raises questions about one of the key institutions of American government, the United States Senate, and should be of interest to anyone concerned with issues of representation.


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