Representation and lawmaking in the United States Congress and the Canadian House of Commons

This dissertation considers two aspects of legislative representation: (1) how citizens use information about legislative activities and outcomes to assess the performance of the US president and the congressional majority party, and (2) why Canadian MPs debate government bills—even when the govern...

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Main Author: McAndrews, John Russell
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/59099