101 chambers : Congress, state legislatures, and the future of legislative studies
"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
Print Book, English, ©2005
Ohio State University Press, Columbus, Ohio, ©2005
x, 209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780814209387, 9780814290637, 0814209386, 0814290639
56729940
The lineage of American legislatures
Fundamental structures
Institutional characteristics
Organizational characteristics
Legislators and legislative careers
Concluding thoughts on American legislatures in comparison