The Senate through the Looking Glass
The Debate over Television
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6301022 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard F Fenno (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 313 |
| Publication date | 1989-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/439883 |
| OpenAlex | W2313245039 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 1 |
Occasionally an institution's members take public stock of their strengths and weaknesses, their problems, and their potential, where they have been and where they ought to go. These moments of self-scrutiny and reflection are useful to scholars. This article puts the Senate debate over televising its proceedings to that use. It places the debate in the context of a changing Senate. It uses the language of the debate to examine conflicting ideas about what the Senate is, and ought to be, like. It uses the actual decision process to illustrate the distinctive deliberative features of the institution
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2014 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |