The Senate syndrome
Subtitle: the evolution of procedural warfare in the modern U.S. Senate
By: Steven S. Smith
Series: Julian J. Rothbaum distinguished lecture series -- v. 12; Julian J. Rothbaum distinguished lecture series -- v. 12.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780806144399
Subjects: Politics and government; Reform; United States. Congress. Senate; Legislation; United States; Political parties; History
Description: "Goes beyond explaining such seeming technicalities as the difference between regular filibusters and post-cloture filibusters, the importance of chair rulings, the changing role of the parliamentarian, and the debate over whether appeals of points of order should be subject to cloture margins, to show why understanding them matters. At stake is resolution of the Senate syndrome, and the critical underlying struggle between majority rule and minority rights in American policy making."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-389) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Senate syndrome; title: The procedural condition of the Senate in the 1950s; title: The rise of individualism, 1961-1976; title: The intensification of individualism and obstructionism, 1977-1988; title: Rising partisanship, 1989-2004; title: The emergence of the Senate syndrome, 2005-2012; title: Reform by ruling, 2013; title: Controversies about Senate practice; title: The media, the public, and accountability; title: The implications of reform-by-ruling; title: The Senate syndrome and reform.