Bridging the information gap [electronic resource] : legislative member organizations as social networks in the United States and the European Union / Nils Ringe and Jennifer Nicoll Victor ; with Christopher J. Carman.

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.

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