Congress reconsidered / edited by Lawrence C. Dodd, Bruce I. Oppenheimer.

Other author Dodd, Lawrence C., 1946-
Other author Oppenheimer, Bruce Ian.
Format Book
Edition6th ed.
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : CQ Press, ©1997.
Descriptionxix, 450 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents The U.S. Senate : toward the twenty-first century / Norman J. Ornstein, Robert L. Peabody, and David W. Rohde -- Revolution in the House : testing the limits of party government / Lawrence C. Dodd and Bruce I. Oppenheimer -- What the public dislikes about Congress / John R. Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse -- Women and blacks in Congress : 1870-1996 / Carol M. Swain -- Money and motives : spending in House elections / Paul S. Herrnson -- Voters, candidaters, and issues in congressional elections / Robert S. Erikson and Gerald C. Wright -- Party control of committees in the Republican Congress / Steven S. Smith and Eric D. Lawrence -- Congressional tsunami? : the politics of committee reform / C. Lawrence Evans and Walter J. Oleszek -- Institutional change and behavioral choice in House committees / Richard L. Hall and Gary J. McKissick -- Party leaders and the new legislative process / Barbara Sinclair -- Partisanship, bipartisanship, and crosspartisanship in Congress since the New Deal / Joseph Cooper and Garry Young -- Congressional caucuses in the 104th Congress / Susan Webb Hammond --
Contents Assessing Congress's role in the making of foreign policy / Eileen Burgin -- Centralization, devolution, and turf protection in the congressional budget process / James A. Thurber -- The contract with America : origins and assessments / John B. Bader -- Abdicating congressional power : the paradox of Republican control / Bruce I. Oppenheimer -- Congress and the emerging order : conditional party government or constructive partisanship? / Lawrence C. Dodd and Bruce I. Oppenheimer.
Local noteLittle-296295--305131002749Z
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 415-428) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Congress reconsidered. 6th ed. Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c1997
LCCN 96038960
ISBN1568022034 (alk. paper)
ISBN9781568022031 (alk. paper)