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xiii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and index. |
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Rational decision making in U.S. legislative committee systems -- Lifestyle and career-pattern influences -- Explorations in efficiency and reform. |
| Summary |
Francis examines the legislative committee "game" in the United States, arguing that within the constitutional context rational behavior leads to decentralized agenda setting. The committee system represents the lynchpin in this decentralization, and Francis charts the flow of decisionmaking from individuals in subcommittees to full committees to the entire legislature. Drawing on the database of all 50 state legislatures, a survey of over 2000 legislators, and an intensive study of the state legislatures of Indiana and Missouri, he describes how the leadership sets decentralizing events in motion at the beginning of each session by accomodating requests for committee assignments and appointments; and shows how the decentralized decision making produces a higher bill passage rate. ISBN 0-8142-0484-8: $25.00. |
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Legislative bodies -- United States -- States -- Committees.
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Legislative bodies -- U.S. states -- Committees.
(OCoLC)fst00995761
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| ISBN |
0814204848 (alk. paper) |
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9780814204849 (alk. paper) |
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