Common and Contested Ground: A Human and Environmental History of the Northwestern Plains - Hardcover

Theodore Binnema (author)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0806133619 ISBN 13: 9780806133614

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002

Synopsis

In this groundbreaking work, Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q Kelly draw on significant new data from congressional archives—gleaned from the papers of both Democratic and Republican leaders from the 85th to the 103rd Congress—to reveal the complex process through which congressional members get assigned to the powerful committees of the House. They conclude that parties differ in their committee assignment methods and that party approaches can change over time depending on leadership. They also pay particular attention to the increasing roles of race and gender in the assignment process.Based on extensive primary and secondary research, this volume fills a crucial gap in our understanding of the internal dynamics of the American political system.

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About the Author

Theodore Binnema, Professor of History and Department Chair at the University of Northern British Columbia, is the author of ""Enlightenment Zeal"": The Hudson's Bay Company and Scientific Networks, 1670-1870.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806133619
• ISBN 13: 9780806133614
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288