E. Scott Adler, John Wilkerson

Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that voters' willingness to hold lawmakers accountable produces insights into legislative organization, behavior and output.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9781107023185
• ISBN-10: 1107023181
• Artikelnr.: 36029581

Autorenporträt

Scott Adler is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is a principal investigator of the Congressional Bills Project and the Congressional District Data Project. Among his publications are the books Why Congressional Reforms Fail: Reelection and the House Committee System and The Macropolitics of Congress. The former was awarded the Alan Rosenthal Prize from the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association. His research has also appeared in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science and Legislative Studies Quarterly. In 2006-7, Adler was Visiting Professor at the Center for the Study of American Politics and Department of Political Science, Yale University. He received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1988 and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1996.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: 1. Congress and the politics of problem solving
2. Problem-focused voters and congressional accountability
3. Congressional approval and incumbent accountability
Part II: 4. Problem-solving constraints and legislative institutions
5. Agenda scarcity, problem solving, and temporary legislation
Part III: 6. Rethinking committee reform
7. Agenda setting in a problem-solving legislature
Part IV: 8. Problem solving and policy focal points
9. Problem solving and policy change
10. Problem solving and American politics.

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Part I: 1. Congress and the politics of problem solving; 2. Problem-focused voters and congressional accountability; 3. Congressional approval and incumbent accountability; Part II: 4. Problem-solving constraints and legislative institutions; 5. Agenda scarcity, problem solving, and temporary legislation; Part III: 6. Rethinking committee reform; 7. Agenda setting in a problem-solving legislature; Part IV: 8. Problem solving and policy focal points; 9. Problem solving and policy change; 10. Problem solving and American politics.

Rezensionen

'In the end, I hope and expect that Adler and Wilkerson's challenging study will be widely read. A book that forces us to think hard about how we approach the study of Congress does not come along very often.' Paul J. Quirk, Congress and the Presidency