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Language: en
Pages: 192
Pages: 192
Lawmaking is crucial to American democracy because it completely defines and regulates the public life of the nation. Yet despite its importance, political scientists spend very little time studying the direct impact that the politics surrounding a particular issue has on lawmaking. The Substance of Representation draws on a vast
Language: en
Pages: 299
Pages: 299
Pursuing Majorities is the first book-length examination of the four congressional campaign committees (CCCs) in the U.S. House and Senate. Tracing the history of CCCs from their inception in the 1860s to the present day, Robin Kolodny provides a comprehensive analysis of their evolution and current role in the political
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Books about Annual Report of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress for Fiscal Year ... to the Joint Committee on the Library, United States Congress
Language: en
Pages: 105
Pages: 105
Language: en
Pages: 210
Pages: 210
This book demonstrates the consequences of legislators' strategic communication for representation in American politics. Representational Style in Congress shows how legislators present their work to cultivate constituent support. Using a massive new data set of texts from legislators and new statistical techniques to analyze the texts, this book provides comprehensive
Language: en
Pages: 295
Pages: 295
While existing literature provides compelling evidence that women in public office make a difference, the relationship between descriptive and substantive representation of women in political institutions long the domain of men is neither simple nor certain. Embracing New Institutionalists' warnings of the dangers of studying behaviour in an institutional vacuum,
Language: en
Pages: 156
Pages: 156
The Politics of Minor Concerns lies at the intersection of scholarship on congressional behavior and studies of America Indian politics. The text argues that the conventional wisdom in each of these fields offers inadequate explanations for congressional action on American Indian legislation. This book challenges assumptions of bipartisanship and reelection
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Language: en
Pages: 23
Pages: 23
Books about The Legislative Process in Congress and the States
Language: en
Pages: 1048
Pages: 1048
Books about Committees in the U.S. Congress, 1947-1992: Committee histories and member assignments