Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1: Minority Rights in Legislatures
1. Introduction
2. A Partisan Theory of Obstruction and Procedural Change
Part 2: Evidence from the U.S. House, 1837−95
3. Testing Assumptions and Links
4. Rules Changes in the Antebellum House
5. Rules Changes in the Gilded Age
6. The Missing Rules Changes
Part 3: Evidence from Other Institutions
7. The U.S. Senate
8. Going Abroad: The House of Commons and the Austrian Parliament
Part 4: Conclusion
9. Final Thoughts
Notes
Bibliography
Index