Bridging the information gap : legislative member organizations as social networks in the United States and the European Union - Ringe, Nils.; Victor, Jennifer Nicoll; ebrary, Inc. (Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, 2013)
Bridging the information gap: the social and political power of legislative member organizations -- Solutions to informational collective action dilemmas: theorizing the benefits of legislative member organizations -- Where in the world are LMOs? -- Building the case: legislative member organizations in the European Parliament and the U.S. Congress -- Networking the legislators -- There's no such thing as too much information (in legislative politics) -- Conclusion: how LMOs do and do not matter -- Appendix A. Survey questions -- Appendix B. Exponential random graph models.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Keywords: Legislative bodies; Legislators -- Social networks -- European Union countries; Legislators -- Social networks -- United States; Political sociology; Public administration -- Social aspects; Electronic books