Congress Reconsidered

by Dodd, Lawrence C.; Oppenheimer, Bruce I.

• ISBN13: 9781568024875
• ISBN10: 1568024878
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Cq Pr

Summary

The seventh edition maintains the classic format that has made Congress Reconsidered such an effective text for classroom use as well as an effective research tool. The seventeen essays -- thirteen of which are new -- stand out as providing the broadest and most up-to-date discussion of the contemporary Congress that is available in any single volume.

Table of Contents

Tables, Figures, and Boxes
Contributors
Preface
The U.S. Senate: Toward the Twenty-First Century	p. 1
Revolution in the House: Testing the Limits of Party Government	p. 29
What the Public Dislikes About Congress	p. 61
Women and Blacks in Congress: 1870-1996	p. 81
Money and Motives: Spending in House Elections	p. 100
Voters, Candidates, and Issues in Congressional Elections	p. 132
Party Control of Committees in the Republican Congress	p. 163
Congressional Tsunami? The Politics of Committee Reform	p. 193
Institutional Change and Behavioral Choice in House Committees	p. 212
Party Leaders and the New Legislative Process	p. 229
Partisanship, Bipartisanship, and Crosspartisanship in Congress Since the New Deal	p. 246
Congressional Caucuses in the 104th Congress	p. 274
Assessing Congress's Role in the Making of Foreign Policy	p. 293
Centralization, Devolution, and Turf Protection in the Congressional Budget Process	p. 325
The Contract with America: Origins and Assessments	p. 347
Abdicating Congressional Power: The Paradox of Republican Control	p. 371
Congress and the Emerging Order: Conditional Party Government or Constructive Partisanship?	p. 390
Suggested Readings	p. 415
Index	p. 429
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