Why not parties? : party effects in the United States Senate / edited by Nathan W. Monroe, Jason M. Roberts, and David W. Rohde.

Other author Monroe, Nathan W.
Other author Roberts, Jason M.
Other author Rohde, David W.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2008.
Descriptionviii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction: Assessing the impact of parties in the U.S. Senate / Nathan W. Monroe, Jason M. Roberts, David W. Rohde -- Electoral accountability, party loyalty, and roll--call voting in the U.S. Senate / Jamie L. Carson -- Party and constituency in the U.S. senate, 1933-2004 / John Aldrich ... [et al.] -- Scoring the senate: scorecards, parties, and roll-call votes / Jason M. Roberts, Lauren Cohen Bell -- The senate whip system: an exploration / Erin M. Bradbury, Ryan A. Davidson, C. Lawrence Evans -- Party loyalty and discipline in the individualistic senate / Kathryn Pearson -- Make way for the party: the rise and fall of the senate national security community, 1947-2006 / Linda L. Fowler, R. Brian Law -- Agenda influence and tabling motions in the U.S. Senate / Chris Den Hartog, Nathan W. Monroe -- Filibustering and majority rule in the senate: the contest over judicial nominations, 2003-2005 / Gregory Koger -- Minority-party power in the senate and house of representatives / Sean Gailmard, Jeffery A. Jenkins -- Catch-22: closure, energy policy, and the limits of conditional party government / Bruce I. Oppenheimer, Marc J. Hetherington -- Distributive and partisan politics in the U.S. Senate: an exploration of earmarks / Michael H. Crespin, Charles J. Finocchiaro.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-269) and index.
LCCN 2008007422
ISBN9780226534879 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226534871 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226534893 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0226534898 (pbk. : alk. paper)