02629nam a22004331i 4500 ebr10792185 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 130701s2013 miu ob 001 0 eng d 9780472029211 (e-book) 0472118803 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780472118809 CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR n-us--- e------ JF511 .R55 2013eb 328.3/306 23 Ringe, Nils. Bridging the information gap : legislative member organizations as social networks in the United States and the European Union / Nils Ringe and Jennifer Nicoll Victor ; with Christopher J. Carman. Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2013] 1 online resource (287 pages) text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. Legislative bodies. Legislators Social networks European Union countries. Legislators Social networks United States. Political sociology. Public administration Social aspects. Electronic books. Victor, Jennifer Nicoll. Print version: Ringe, Nils. Bridging the information gap : legislative member organizations as social networks in the United States and the European Union. Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, 2013 xi, 274 pages ; 24 cm. 9780472118809 (OCoLC)852488289 (DLC) 2013020497 ebrary. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10792185 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 136955 136955