Congress Resurgent

by Ripley, Randall B.; Lindsay, James M.

• ISBN13: 9780472065332
• ISBN10: 0472065335
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr

Summary

An exploration of Congress's role in shaping American foreign policy

Table of Contents

Part 1. The Research Challenge
Foreign and Defense Policy in Congress: An Overview and Preview	3	(14)
Randall B. Ripley
James M. Lindsay
Part 2. Context, Constraints, and Pressures
How Congress Influences Foreign and Defense Policy	17	(20)
James M. Lindsay
Randall B. Ripley
The Fiscal Straitjacket: Budgetary Constraints on Congressional Foreign and Defense Policy-Making	37	(30)
Lance T. LeLoup
The Influence of Constituents: Congressional Decision Making on Issues of Foreign and Defense Policy	67	(22)
Eileen Burgin
Interest Group Involvement in Congressional Foreign and Defense Policy	89	(26)
John T. Tierney
Part 3. Inside the Congressional Institution
Decision Making in the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Relations Committees	115	(40)
James M. McCormick
Decision Making in the Armed Services Committees	155	(28)
Christopher J. Deering
Decision Making in the Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense and Foreign Operations	183	(24)
Joseph White
Congressional Party Leaders in the Foreign and Defense Policy Arena	207	(28)
Barbara Sinclair
Part 4. Issue Areas
Congress and Defense Policy-Making for the Post-Cold War Era	235	(26)
Paul N. Stockton
Congress and Diplomacy	261	(22)
James M. Lindsay
Congress and Foreign Trade Policy	283	(22)
Sharyn O'Halloran
References	305	(22)
Contributors	327	(2)
Index	329