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This impressive collection of essays by many renowned scholars was compiled in honor of Richard F. Fenno's contribution to legislative studies. Utilizing various approaches to examine the impact of strategic behavior, rules, and institutions on legislative outcomes, this book produces significa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bianco, William T., 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2000.
Temas:
United States. > Congress.
USA > Congress
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
CONGRESSO NACIONAL > ESTADOS UNIDOS.
PODER LEGISLATIVO > ESTADOS UNIDOS.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface.
  • Richard Fenno's conventional wisdom / William T. Bianco.
  • Explaining institutional change : soaking, poking, and modeling in the U.S. Congress / John H. Aldrich and Kenneth A. Shepsle.
  • Building reputations and shaping careers : the strategies of individual agendas in the U.S. Senate / Wendy J. Schiller.
  • Majority party leadership, strategic choice, and committee power : appropriations in the House, 1995-98 / Bryan W. Marshall, Brandon C. Prins, and David W. Rohde.
  • What we don't know about Congressional Party leadership / Richard Forgette.
  • Preferences and governance in the U.S. House of Representatives : the Great Republican experiment / Christine DeGregorio.
  • Republican House Majority party leadership in the 104th and 105th Congresses : innovation and continuity / Barbara Sinclair.
  • Can advisory committees facilitate congressional oversight of the bureaucracy? / Steven J. Balla and John R. Wright.
  • Representation, careerism and term limits : a simulation / Linda L. Fowler and Brian Frederking.
  • Understanding presentation of self / William T. Bianco.
  • Member goals and party switching in the U.S. Congress / David Castle and Patrick J. Fett.
  • The distribution of pork barrel projects and vote buying in congress / Diana Evans.
  • Congress, the President, and the unrealized bargaining power of the line-item veto : a brief note on a short-lived law / Patrick J. Fett, Jeffrey S. Hill, and Richard Delaney.

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