Pamela Ban, Ju Yeon Park, Hye Young You

Hearings on the Hill

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Produktbeschreibung

"Explains how legislators strategically use congressional committees and hearings to collect information from outside Congress. By examining witnesses who testify in front of Congress, we provide a picture of how partisan incentives determine how and from whom Congress seeks information"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9781009534093
• ISBN-10: 1009534092
• Artikelnr.: 71621255

Autorenporträt

Pamela Ban is an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego. Her research focuses on legislative politics, interest groups, information in policymaking, and the interbranch relationship between Congress and the bureaucracy. Her research has received the Congressional Quarterly Press Award and has been used by policymakers at the state and federal levels.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Members of Congress are politicians, not experts
2. Committee hearings and information provision in Congress
3. Who testifies in Congress? New data on congressional hearings and witnesses
4. Not all information is equal: how witnesses vary in what they provide to Congress
5. When committees seek out information for policy development
6. How control of government shapes information exchange
7. Congressional capacity and the search for specialized information
8. Conclusion: a partisanly informed Congress
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