10% off all books and free delivery over £40
Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks.

The Floor in Congressional Life

View All Editions

The selected edition of this book is not available to buy right now.
Add To Wishlist
Write A Review

About

The Floor in Congressional Life Synopsis

The House and the Senate floors are the only legislative forums where all members of the U.S. Congress participate and each has a vote. Andrew J. Taylor explores why floor power and floor rights in the House are more restricted than in the Senate and how these restrictions affect the legislative process. After tracing the historical development of floor rules, Taylor assesses how well they facilitate a democratic legislative process—that is, how well they facilitate deliberation, transparency, and widespread participation. Taylor not only compares floor proceedings between the Senate and the House in recent decades; he also compares recent congressional proceedings with antebellum proceedings. This unique, systematic analysis reveals that the Senate is generally more democratic than the House---a somewhat surprising result, given that the House is usually considered the more representative and responsive of the two. Taylor concludes with recommendations for practical reforms designed to make floor debates more robust and foster representative democracy.

About This Edition

ISBN: 9780472118090
Publication date: 28th February 2012
Author: Andrew Taylor
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 264 pages
Genres: Political structure and processes
Central / national / federal government