The Legislative BranchCongress and the constitutional system / Charles Stewart III -- Institutional development of congress / Eric Schickler -- Actions in the public sphere / David R. Mayhew -- Modern campaigns and representation / Gary C. Jacobson -- Elections, parties, and governance / Sarah A. Binder -- Representing racial and ethnic minorities / David T. Canon -- Committees and policy formulation / David W. Rohde -- Parties and leadership in the house / Barbara Sinclair -- Parties and leadership in the Senate / Steven S. Smith -- Interests, constituencies, and policy making / Frances E. Lee -- Deliberation and decision making / Paul J. Quirk -- Foreign affairs and war / Christopher J. Deering -- Budgets and fiscal policy / Eric Patashnik -- Advice and consent : cooperation and conflict in the appointment of federal judges / Forrest Maltzman -- Congress and the bureaucracy / Charles R. Shipan -- Images of congress / John R. Hibbing -- Politics of congressional reform / C. Lawrence Evans -- Institutional politics, performance, and reform / Paul J. Quirk and Sarah Binder. |
Contents
IDEALS AND DEVELOPMENT | 35 |
Modern Campaigns and Representation Gary C Jacobson | 109 |
Elections Parties and Governance Sarah A Binder | 148 |
Representing Racial and Ethnic Minorities David T Canon | 171 |
Committees and Policy Formulation David W Rohde | 201 |
of Federal Judges Forrest Maltzman | 407 |
Congress and the Bureaucracy Charles R Shipan | 432 |
Institutional Performance Paul J Quirk and Sarah Binder | 525 |
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