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Turning the Legislative Thumbscrew : Minority Rights and Procedural Change in Legislative Politics
Turning the Legislative Thumbscrew Minority Rights and Procedural Change in Legislative Politics
Author: George Douglas Dion
The use of filibusters in the U.S. Senate by small numbers of members to prevent legislative action apparently desired by a majority of the members--as evidenced by the battles over civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s--is legendary. Similar situations have existed in other legislative bodies over time. The fear that they will at some...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780472108206
ISBN-10: 0472108204
Publication Date: 12/1/1997
Pages: 312
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Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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