The Distribution of Senate Committee Positions
Change or More of the Same
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6300456 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura W Arnold (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 227 |
| Publication date | 2001-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/440201 |
| OpenAlex | W2070623652 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
Recent work on the United States Senate has focused on its transformation from a clublike dominance of a few members to one in which individual senators play significant roles in the policymaking process regardless of seniority (Ripley 1969; Sinclair 1989a). Some argue that part of this transformation was the democratization of committee assignments (Sinclair 1988). I examine the degree to which the Senate has democratized its committee assignments and test possible explanations for this democratization process. I argue that changes in committee assignment practices that gave junior members improved assignments were the result of institutional reform rather than membership changes or changes in the Washington environment alone
Distribution (mathematics · Political science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Mathematics · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Policy and Administration Research
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2021 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |