TY - BOOK AU - Squire,Peverill AU - Hamm,Keith E. ED - Project Muse. TI - 101 Chambers : : Congress, State Legislatures, and the Future of Legislative Studies / T2 - Parliaments and legislatures SN - 9780814272923 PY - 2005/// CY - Columbus, Ohio PB - Ohio State University Press KW - United States KW - Congress KW - fast KW - États-Unis KW - Parlamentarismus KW - gnd KW - Representative government and representation KW - U.S. states KW - Legislative bodies KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General KW - bisacsh KW - Gouvernement representatif KW - États KW - Parlements KW - States KW - USA KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - The lineage of American legislatures -- Fundamental structures -- Institutional characteristics -- Organizational characteristics -- Legislators and legislative careers -- Concluding thoughts on American legislatures in comparison; Open Access N2 - "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. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/28293/ ER -