David E Price

The Congressional Experience (eBook, ePUB)

An Institution Transformed

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The fourth edition of this classic text expands the treatment of America's broken electoral system and shows a clear path to reform.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000329223
• Artikelnr.: 60722795

Autorenporträt

David E. Price is US Representative (D-NC) for North Carolina's Fourth District. He received his undergraduate degree at UNC-Chapel Hill and went on to Yale University to earn a Bachelor of Divinity as well as a Ph.D. in Political Science. Before he began serving in Congress in 1987, Price was a professor of political science and public policy at Duke University. He is the author of four books on Congress and the American political system. Price is North Carolina's only member of the House Appropriations Committee and serves as the Chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee. He is a recognized leader on foreign policy, serving as Chairman of the House Democracy Partnership and an outspoken advocate for Middle East peace. He received the Hubert H. Humphrey Award from the American Political Science Association and the William Sloane Coffin Award for Peace and Justice from Yale Divinity School

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables
Preface to the Fourth Edition
1. Introduction
2. Campaigning for Congress
3. Our Broken Electoral System
4. At Home in the House
5. Policy Entrepreneurship
6. The Party Connection
7. Polarization and Performance
8. Venturing Abroad
9. Serving the District
10. Religion and Politics
11. Public Service in Moral Perspective
12. Concluding Reflections
Index