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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Institutions of American democracy series |
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| Carrier Form: | xxix, 584 p.: ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0195309162 (pbk.) 9780195309164 (pbk.) 019517285X (hc : alk. paper) 9780195172850 (hc : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D771 |
| CLC: | D771.223 |
| Call Number: | D771.223/L514-1 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Congress and the constitutional system / Charles Stewart III -- Institutional development of congress / Eric Schickler -- Actions in the public sphere / David R. Mayhew -- Modern campaigns and representation / Gary C. Jacobson -- Elections, parties, and governance / Sarah A. Binder -- Representing racial and ethnic minorities / David T. Canon -- Committees and policy formulation / David W. Rohde -- Parties and leadership in the house / Barbara Sinclair -- Parties and leadership in the Senate / Steven S. Smith -- Interests, constituencies, and policy making / Frances E. Lee -- Deliberation and decision making / Paul J. Quirk -- Foreign affairs and war / Christopher J. Deering -- Budgets and fiscal policy / Eric Patashnik -- Advice and consent : cooperation and conflict in the appointment of federal judges / Forrest Maltzman -- Congress and the bureaucracy / Charles R. Shipan -- Images of congress / John R. Hibbing -- Politics of congressional reform / C. Lawrence Evans -- Institutional politics, performance, and reform / Paul J. Quirk and Sarah Binder. |