101 chambers : Congress, state legislatures, and the future of legislative studies by Squire, Peverill, Hamm, Keith E instant download

101 chambers : Congress, state legislatures, and the future of legislative studies by Squire, Peverill, Hamm, Keith E instant download

x, 209 pages : 24 cm, \"The book compares and contrasts Congress and the state legislatures on histories, fundamental structures, institutional and organizational characteristics, and members. By highlighting the vast array of organizational schemes and behavioral patterns evidenced in state legislatures, the authors demonstrate that the potential for the study of American legislatures, as opposed to the separate efforts of Congressional and state legislative scholars, is to great to leave unexplored.\"--BOOK JACKET, Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-192) and index, The lineage of American legislatures -- Fundamental structures -- Institutional characteristics -- Organizational characteristics -- Legislators and legislative careers -- Concluding thoughts on American legislatures in comparison