Donald b cole minority rights majority rule partisanship and the development of congress by sarah a binder cambridge cambridge university press 1997. Article titleitalicminority rights majority rule partisanship and the development of congress italic article title by contrib groupcontrib contrib type . Minority rights majority rule seeks to explain a phenomenon evident to most observers of the us . Minority rights majority rule partisanship and the development of congress 2400 usd author sarah a binder brookings institution washington dc date published february 2011 availability this isbn is for an ebook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party. Minority rights majority rule partisanship and the development of congress 46 out of 5 minority rights majority rule seeks to explain why majority parties have consistently been so powerful in the us house of representatives while minorities often prevail in the senate dr binder charts the history of minority rights in both