Overview
Legislative member organizations (LMOs)—such as caucuses in the U.S. Congress and intergroups in the European Parliament—exist in lawmaking bodies around the world. Unlike parties and committees, LMOs play no obvious, predefined role in the legislative process. They provide legislators with opportunities to establish social networks with colleagues who share common interests. In turn, such networks offer valuable opportunities for the efficient exchange of policy-relevant—and sometimes otherwise unattainable—information between legislative offices. Building on classic insights from the study of social networks, the authors provide a comparative overview of LMOs across advanced, liberal democracies. In two nuanced case studies of LMOs in the European Parliament and the U.S. Congress, the authors rely on a mix of social network analysis, sophisticated statistical methods, and careful qualitative analysis of a large number of in-depth interviews.
Full Product Details
Author: Prof. Jennifer Nicoll Victor ,
Prof. Nils Ringe ,
Christopher Jan Carman
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Imprint: The University of Michigan Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.585kg
ISBN: 9780472118809
ISBN 10: 0472118803
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 08 October 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The book aims to develop an understanding of LMOs that exist in many legislatures around the world. . . . It also offers a powerful injection of network ideas into the study of Congress and U.S. politics in general. --David Lazer, Northeastern University and Harvard University
The book aims to develop an understanding of LMOs that exist in many legislatures around the world. . . . It also offers a powerful injection of network ideas into the study of Congress and U.S. politics in general. --David Lazer, Northeastern University and Harvard University
"""The book aims to develop an understanding of LMOs that exist in many legislatures around the world. . . . It also offers a powerful injection of network ideas into the study of Congress and U.S. politics in general."" --David Lazer, Northeastern University and Harvard University"
Author Information
Nils Ringe is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Jennifer Nicoll Victor is Associate Professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. Christopher J. Carman is the John Anderson Senior Research Lecturer in the School of Government at the University of Strathclyde.
