The American Congress
ISBN: 9781107654358 | 1107654351
Edition: 7thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 8/31/2011
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The American Congress provides the most up to date treatment of congressional politics available in an undergraduate text.
| Preface | p. vii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| The American Congress:Modern Trends | p. 1 |
| Representation and Lawmaking in Congress:The Constitutional and Historical Context | p. 29 |
| Congressional Elections and Policy Alignments | p. 55 |
| Members, Goals, Resources, and Strategies | p. 91 |
| Parties and Leaders | p. 127 |
| The Standing Committees | p. 171 |
| The Rules ... MORE | p. 217 |
| The Floor and Voting | p. 249 |
| Congress and the President | p. 277 |
| Congress and the Courts | p. 319 |
| Congress, Lobbyists, and Interest Groups | p. 349 |
| Congress and Budget Politics | p. 379 |
| Appendix: Introduction to the Spatial Theory of Legislating | p. 405 |
| Suggested Readings | p. 417 |
| Index | p. 443 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
Steven S. Smith is a professor of political science, the Kate M. Gregg Distinguished Professor of Social Science, and Director of the Murray Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. He has chaired the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association and has served on the editorial boards ofAmerican Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics, and Legislative Studies Quarterly. Jason M. Roberts is an associate professor of political science at the University of North Carolina. He co-edited the book Why Not Parties? Party Effects in the U.S. Senate(2009). His articles have been published, in American Political Science.Review, American.Journal of Political Science, and Legislative Studies Quarterly. Ryan J. Vander Wielen is an assistant professor of political science at Temple University. His articles have appeared in Political Analysis, Legislative Studies Quarterly and Public Choice:
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