Agenda Setting in the U.S. Senate: Costly Consideration and Majority Party Advantage
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Agenda Setting in the U.S. Senate: Costly Consideration and Majority Party Advantage
Agenda Setting in the U.S. Senate: Costly Consideration and Majority Party Advantage

Agenda Setting in the U.S. Senate: Costly Consideration and Majority Party Advantage

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Chris Den Hartog (Author) Nathan W. Monroe (Author)  

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Proposes a new theory of Senate agenda setting that reconciles a divide in literature between the conventional wisdom - in which party power is thought to be mostly undermined by Senate procedures and norms - and the apparent partisan bias in Senate decisions noted in recent empirical studies. Chris Den Hartog and Nathan W. Monroe's theory revolves around a 'costly consideration' framework for thinking about agenda setting, where moving proposals forward through the legislative process is seen as requiring scarce resources. To establish that the majority party pays lower agenda consideration costs through various procedural advantages, the book features a number of chapters examining partisan influence at several stages of the legislative process, including committee reports, filibusters and cloture, floor scheduling and floor amendments. Not only do the results support the book's theoretical assumption and key hypotheses, but they shed new light on virtually every major step in the Senate's legislative process. 24 Tables, unspecified; 14 Halftones, unspecified; 42 Line drawings, unspecified
Chris Den Hartog is an assistant professor of political science at California Polytechnic State University. He has published articles and chapters about the legislative process in Congress, its evolution across history, and its effects on congressional policy making. Professor Den Hartog's work includes studies of the nineteenth-century House and the contemporary House and Senate. Nathan W. Monroe is an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Merced. His work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Public Choice and State Politics and Policy Quarterly. Professor Monroe previously held faculty positions at Michigan State University and the University of the Pacific.
  • Contributor: Chris Den Hartog
  • Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN13: 9781107006461
  • Number of Pages: 252
  • Packaged Dimensions: 157x234x22mm
  • Packaged Weight: 470
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Release Date: 2011-05-16
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Chris Den Hartog is an assistant professor of political science at California Polytechnic State University. He has published articles and chapters about the legislative process in Congress, its evolution across history, and its effects on congressional policy making. Professor Den Hartog's work includes studies of the nineteenth-century House and the contemporary House and Senate. Nathan W. Monroe is an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Merced. His work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Public Choice and State Politics and Policy Quarterly. Professor Monroe previously held faculty positions at Michigan State University and the University of the Pacific.

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