Esteemed Colleagues: Civility and Deliberation in the U.S. SenateBurdett A. Loomis Rowman & Littlefield, 13.05.2004 - 264 Seiten What's happened to the longstanding traditions of civility and decorum within the world's greatest deliberative body? While the Senate hasn't yet become as rancorous as the House, over the past three decades it has grown noticeably less collegial. In Esteemed Colleagues, leading congressional scholars address the extent to which civility has declined in the U.S. Senate, and how that decline has affected our political system. The contributors analyze the relationships between Senators, shaped by high levels of both individualism and partisanship, and how these ties shape the deliberation of issues before the chamber. Civility and deliberation have changed in recent decades, up to and including the Clinton impeachment process, and the book sheds light on both the current American politics and the broad issues of representation, responsiveness, and capacity within our governmental institutions. |
Inhalt
Civility and Deliberation A Linked Pair? | 1 |
Civility in the US Senate | 13 |
Constitutional Cohabitation | 15 |
Is the Senate More Civil than the House? | 32 |
A Deliberative Institution | 57 |
Individualism Partisanship and Cooperation in the Senate | 59 |
The Procedural Context of Senate Deliberation | 78 |
Last among Equals The Senates Presiding Officer | 105 |
Constituency Size and the Strategic Behavior of Senators | 137 |
Senators and Reporters Revisited | 164 |
The Senate and the Executive | 194 |
Civility and Deliberation in Practice | 221 |
Civility Deliberation and Impeachment | 223 |
The Senate Budget Committee Bastion of Comity? | 241 |
Contributors | 259 |
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