Brian Alexander

Social Theory of Congress

Legislative Norms in the Twenty-First Century

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Norms play an important role in the functioning of the U.S. Congress. The first book-length treatment of the topic in over fifteen years, A Social Theory of Congress addresses what are norms, what congressional norms exist, and what effects norms have, and adds a new theoretical perspective to consider Congress.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9781793601292
• ISBN-10: 1793601291
• Artikelnr.: 64978814

Autorenporträt

Brian Alexander is Associate Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University, USA. His research focuses on the intersection of institutions and political power with a concentration on the U.S. Congress.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Bringing Norms Back into the Study of Congress
Chapter 2: A Constructivist Approach to Congressional Norms
Chapter 3: Historical Norms and the Modern Congress: A Survey
Chapter 4: It Could Be Worse: Enduring Norms of Cooperation
Chapter 5: Age of Resistance: Emerging Norms of Conflict
Chapter 6: Out of the Madmen Era into the New: Norms of a Changing Culture
Chapter 7: Between Cooperation and Conflict