Steven S. Smith, Jason M. Roberts, Ryan J. Vander Wielen

The American Congress Reader

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The American Congress Reader is a supplement to the American Congress textbook.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 895g
• ISBN-13: 9780521720199
• ISBN-10: 0521720192
• Artikelnr.: 25045334

Autorenporträt

Steven S. Smith is Kate M. Gregg Professor of Social Sciences and Director of the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St Louis. He has authored or co-authored seven books and many articles on congressional politics, including Call to Order: Floor Politics in the House and Senate, Party Influence in Congress, and Politics or Principle: Filibustering in the US Senate, and has coauthored several articles and a book on Russian parliamentary politics. He is a former Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and has taught at the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, and George Washington University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The American Congress: Modern Trends: 1. What is wrong with the
American political system? John Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse; 2. A
reassessment of who's to blame David W. Brady and Sean M. Theriault; 3.
Between the campaigns James A. Stimson; Part II. Representation and
Lawmaking in Congress: The Constitutional and Historical Context: 4. US
Constitution, Articles I, II, III, and Amendments; 5. The Federalist, Nos.
10 and 51; 6. US House members in their constituencies Richard A. Fenno,
Jr.; 7. Collective vs dyadic representation in Congress Robert Weissberg;
Part III. Congressional Elections and Policy Alignments: 8. Elbridge
Gerry's Salamander excerpt Gary W. Cox and Jonathan N. Katz; 9. Strategic
politicians and the dynamics of US House elections, 1946-86 Gary C.
Jacobson; 10. Congress: the electoral connection David R. Mayhew; Part IV.
Members, Goals, Resources, and Strategies: 11. Senate representation and
coalition building in distributive politics Frances E. Lee; 12.
Risk-bearing and progressive ambition David W. Rohde; 13. Issue Politics in
Congress excerpts Tracy Sulkin; Part V. Parties and Leaders: 14.
Institutional context and leadership style Joseph Cooper and David W.
Brady; 15. Setting the agenda Gary W. Cox and Mathew D. McCubbins; 16.
Party influences in Congress Steven S. Smith; Part VI. The Standing
Committees: 17. Distributive and partisan issues in agriculture policy in
the 104th House Mark S. Hurwitz, Roger J. Moiles and David W. Rohde; 18.
Principals, goals, dimensionality, and Congressional committees Forrest
Maltzman and Steven S. Smith; 19. Nonlegislative hearings and policy change
in Congress Jeffrey C. Talbert, Bryan D. Jones and Frank R. Baumgartner;
Part VII. The Rules of the Legislative Game: 20. Sample of a special rule;
21. Sample of a unanimous consent agreement; 22. On the effects of
legislative rules Gary W. Cox; 23. The partisan basis of procedural choice
Sarah A. Binder; 24. The evolution of agenda-setting institutions in
congress Jason M. Roberts and Steven S. Smith; Part VIII. The Floor and
Voting: 25. Greasing the Wheels excerpt Diana Evans; 26. Models of
legislative voting John W. Kingdon; 27. Pivotal Politics excerpt Keith
Krebhiel; Part IX. Congress and the President: 28. Presidential veto
messages; 29. Presidential signing statement; 30. Veto bargaining Charles
Cameron; 31. The dynamics of legislative gridlock, 1947-96 Sarah A. Binder;
32. The Politics of Shared Power excerpt Louis Fisher; 33. Conscience of a
conservative Jeffrey Rosen; Part X. Congress and the Courts: 34. Senate
voting on Supreme Court nominees Charles M. Cameron, Albert D. Cover and
Jeffrey A. Segal; 35. From Abe Fortas to Zoe Baird Glen S. Krutz, Richard
Fleisher and Jon R. Bond; Part XI. Congress, Lobbyists, and Interest
Groups: 36. Buying time Richard L. Hall and Frank W. Wayman; 37.
Legislative Lobbying excerpt John Wright; Part XII. Congress and Budget
Politics: 38. Appropriations in the republican era Diana Evans; 39. Pet
projects veil is only partly lifted John Solomon and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum;
Part XIII. Further Readings on Congressional Politics: 40. Introduction to
the spatial theory of legislating Steven S. Smith, Jason M. Roberts and
Ryan J. Vander Wielen; 41. The institutional foundations of committee power
Kenneth A. Shepsle and Barry R. Weingast; 42. The return to equilibrium
Gerald S. Strom.