Filibuster: Obstruction and Lawmaking in the U.S. Senate

by Eric Schickler and Gregory J. Wawro

Book Overview

Parliamentary obstruction, popularly known as the "filibuster," has been a defining feature of the U.S. Senate throughout its history. In this book, Gregory J. Wawro and Eric Schickler explain how the Senate managed to satisfy its lawmaking role during the nineteenth and early twentieth century, when it lacked seemingly essential formal rules for governing debate. What prevented the Senate from self-destructing during this time? The authors argue...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691125090
• ISBN13: 9780691125091
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.3"