Congress and Its Members
Davidson, Roger H.
Oleszek, Walter J. (Joseph)
Lee, Frances E.
Schickler, Eric
This fourteenth edition accounts for the 2012 elections and includes discussion of the agenda of the new Congress, White House-Capitol Hill relations, party and committee leadership changes, judicial appointments, and partisan polarization, as well as covering changes to budgeting, campaign finance, lobbyists in legislative policymaking, public attitudes about Congress, reapportionment, rules, and procedural shifts. Always balancing great scholarship with currency, the book features lively case material along with relevant data, charts, exhibits, maps, and photos. INDICE: Part I. In Search of the Two Congresses1. The Two Congresses2. Evolution of the Modern CongressPart II. A Congress of Ambassadors3. Going for It: Recruitment and Candidacy4. Making It: The Electoral Game5. Being There: Hill Styles and Home StylesPart III. A Deliberative Assembly of One Nation6. Leaders and Parties in Congress7. Committees: Workshops of Congress8. Congressional Rules and Procedures9. Decision Making in CongressPart IV. Policy Making and Change in the Two Congresses10. Congress and the President11. Congress and the Bureaucracy12. Congress and the Courts13. Congress and Organized Interests14. Congress, Budgets, and Domestic Policy Making15. Congress and National Security PoliciesPart V. Conclusion16. The Two Congresses and the American People
- ISBN: 978-1-4522-3995-8
- Editorial: CQ Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 640
- Fecha Publicación: 03/09/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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