The U.S. Senate

Douglas Dion

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The U.S. Senate

Douglas Dion

Turning the Legislative Thumbscrew, p.165

University of Michigan Press

05/06/2010

DOI: 10.3998/mpub.14912.11

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Abstract

Case studies lead a rather uncomfortable existence in political science. For the most part, they are often treated as poorer cousins, country bumpkins who “haven’t seen the world.” When they tell us their little stories about life back home, we nod appropriately and look for exits. Some, of course, through the sheer force of erudition, gain notice, no doubt with the same attending gaze of uncertain awe the Parisian aristocracy must have given to Benjamin Franklin in his beaver hat. “Yes, yes, a genius, but ... ” I do not own a beaver hat, and I have certainly failed to

Applied Mathematics

Applied Statistics

Mathematics

Political Parties

Political Science

Social Movements

Sociology

Statistics

Legislators

Political debate

Sample properties

Human societies

Civil rights movements

United States Senate

Voting

Political organizations

United States House of Representatives

Political processes

Government

Legislative bodies

Parliamentary procedure

Human rights movements

Political elections

Behavioral sciences

Governance

Descriptive statistics

Government officials

Legislatures

Congressional voting

Upper houses

Filibuster

Proportions

Senators

United States Congress

Politics

Statistical sampling

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Title: Subtitle: The U.S. Senate
Creators: Douglas Dion
Resource Type: Book chapter
Publication Details: Turning the Legislative Thumbscrew, p.165
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
DOI: 10.3998/mpub.14912.11
Language: English
Date published: 05/06/2010
Academic Unit: Political Science
Record Identifier: 9983982716102771

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