The US Congress

Author(s)

• Bailey, Christopher J.

Bibliographic Information

The US Congress

Christopher J. Bailey

B. Blackwell, 1989

• : hard
• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [166]-171

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hard ISBN 9780631158615

Description

The aim of this book is to provide a systematic study of the US Congress through a detailed description of the organization and procedures of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which the structure of Congress has varied over time.

Table of Contents

• The constitutional framework
• the structure of Congress
• the powers of Congress
• the dynamics of Congressional change
• adaptive and consolidative change
• recruitment practices - the primacy of party machines
• the progressive reforms
• the nature of change
• Congressional elections
• the electoral environment
• the decline in partisanship
• the new campaign technology - television
• fundraising
• the candidate-centred campaign organisation
• the role of the parties in campaigns
• the Congressional campaign committees
• Congressional membership
• membership stability
• prior occupations of members of Congress
• religious affiliations of members of Congress.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780631158622

Description

The purpose of this book is to offer a coherent and systematic study of the U.S. Congress. It presents a detailed description of the organisation and procedures of the Senate and the House of Representatives and pays particular regard to the ways in which the structure of Congress has varied over time since the forming of the Constitution.It looks at membership and elections, at the legislative process and the committee system, at floor activity and at the contentious issue of relations with the President, to provide all students of American politics with a thorough and up-to-date examination of one of their core areas of study.

Table of Contents

• The constitutional framework
• the structure of Congress
• the powers of Congress
• the dynamics of Congressional change
• adaptive and consolidative change
• recruitment practices - the primacy of party machines
• the progressive reforms
• the nature of change
• Congressional elections
• the electoral environment
• the decline in partisanship
• the new campaign technology - television
• fundraising
• the candidate-centred campaign organisation
• the role of the parties in campaigns
• the congressional campaign committees
• Congressional membership
• membership stability
• prior occupations of members of Congress
• religious affiliations of members of Congress.

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Details

• NCID: BA07106954
• ISBN:
  • 0631158618
  • 0631158626
• LCCN: 88033303
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford, OX, UK ; New York, NY, USA
• Pages/Volumes: x, 175 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JK1061
  • DC19 : 328.73
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : United States. Congress