The Continental Congress and the Origins of the U.S. House of Representatives

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/604
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Type:	Conference Paper
Author:	Jillson, Calvin; Wilson, Rick K.
Conference:	Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association
Location:	Chicago, IL
Conf. Date:	Sept. 3-6
Date:	1987
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/604
Sector:	Social Organization History
Region:	North America
Subject(s):	state and local governance history
Abstract:	"The primary role of committees in legislatures is to reduce decision making costs through a substantive and managerial division of labor. The use of committees, of course, is not limited to legislatures. Committees are used under a variety of circumstances, from local to international organizations and in public and private settings, in each instance, the primary advantage of a committee Is to reduce decision making costs for the broader organization. These costs take various forms, ranging from those imposed by the institution for building an agenda to those that are a part of searching for and processing information."

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