Title:
The Oxford handbook of the American Congress / edited by Eric Schickler and Frances E. Lee.
Author:
Schickler, Eric, 1969-
Lee, Frances E.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Call Number:
JK1041 .O94 2011
Abstract:
No legislature in the world has a greater influence over its nation's public affairs than the US Congress. The Congress's centrality in the US system of government has placed research on Congress at the heart of scholarship on American politics. Generations of American government scholars working in a wide range of methodological traditions have focused their analysis on understanding Congress, both as a lawmaking and a representative institution. The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress takes stock of this impressive and diverse literature, identifying areas of accomplishment and promising directions for future work.
Electronic Access:
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199559947.001.0001
ISBN:
9780199559947
Series:
Oxford handbooks of American politics
Oxford handbooks of American politics.
Physical Description:
xi, 929 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Studying the Congress. Behavioral approaches to the study of Congress / Formal approaches to the study of Congress / Measuring legislative preferences / Touching the bones : interviewing and direct observational studies of Congress / Historical approaches to the study of Congress : toward a congressional vantage on American political development / Elections. House and Senate elections / Congressional campaigns / Congressional redistricting / Campaign finance in congressional elections / Representation and responsiveness. Descriptive representation : understanding the impact of identity on substantive representation of group interests / Bicameral representation / Dyadic representation / Pork barrel politics / Public opinion and congressional policy / Public evaluations of Congress / Congressional institutions and procedures. Party leadership / Congressional committees / Supermajority Senate / Managing plenary time : the U.S. Congress in comparative context / Congressional reforms / Congressional budget process / Politics and policymaking. Party polarization / Deliberation in Congress / Roll-call votes / Lobbying and interest group advocacy / Ties that bind : coalitions in Congress / Legislative productivity and gridlock / Congressional development. Development of congressional elections / Evolution of party leadership / Development of the congressional committee system / Majority rule and minority rights / Sectionalism and congressional development / Congress and the constitutional system. Congress and the executive branch : delegation and presidential dominance / Congressional war powers / Amorphous relationship between Congress and the courts / Reflections. Reflections on the study of Congress, 1969-2009 / Theorizing about Congress
