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David C. King

Turf Wars

How Congressional Committees Claim Jurisdiction

222 pages,  6 x 9  © 1997
Series: American Politics and Political Economy Series

Cloth $45.00

ISBN: 9780226436234   Published September 1997

Paper $21.00

ISBN: 9780226436241   Published September 1997

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ISBN: 9780226436265

Figures
Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: Turf Wars on Capitol Hill
2: The Nature of Committee Jurisdictions
3: What Happens When Jurisdictions Are Reformed?
4: Parliamentarians as Institutional Guardians
5: Essential Strategies for Staking Claims
6: Flying Trains and Turf Wars
7: Governing Through Fragmented Committees
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Subjects


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