The History of Parliamentary Behavior / / ed. by William O. Aydelotte.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• MitwirkendeR: Aydelotte, William O.,; Aydelotte, William Ο.,; Clausen, Aage R.,; Hernes, Gudmund,; Holmberg, Soren,; Hosking, Geoffrey,; King, Anthony,; Matthews, Donald R.,; Pedersen, Mogens N.,; Price, Douglas,; Prost, Antoine,; Rosenzveig, Christian,; Smith, Peter H.,; Stimson, James A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Aydelotte, William O.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1977
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Quantitative Studies in History ; 1738
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (338 p.)

In this volume thirteen American and European scholars show how a variety of mathematical tools may be used to attack major questions in the history of parliamentary behavior. Their essays treat key topics related to the varied but comparable circumstances of seven countries. These topics include: r...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Series Preface
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. Careers and Committees in the American Congress: The Problem of Structural Change
• 2. The Personal Circulation of a Legislature: The Danish Folketing, 1849-1968
• 3. Measurement of Attitude Changes Among the Members of the French Chamber of Deputies, 1882-1884
• 4. Radicals and Whigs in the British Liberal Party, 1906-1914
• 5. Legislative Voting Analysis in Disciplined Multi-Party Systems: The Swedish Case
• 6. The Making of the Mexican Constitution
• 7. Constituency Influence on the British House of Commons, 1841-1847
• 8. Cue-Taking by Congressmen: A Model and a Computer Simulation
• 9. Interests and the Structure of Influence: Some Aspects of the Norwegian Storting in the 1960s
• List of Participants in the Conference at the University of Iowa, March 13-15, 1972
• The Contributors
• Index
• Backmatter