The contemporary Congress
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The contemporary Congress
Bedford/St. Martins, c2000
3rd ed
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Previous ed.: 1998
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Published in a new edition with each new Congress, The Contemporary Congress is always the most up-to-date text available. The third edition continues to focus on the struggle between centralising and decentralising forces in the legislative branch
Table of Contents
Preface - About the Author - The Drama of Representation - Congressional Decentralisation in Design and Evolution - The Changing Environment of Congressional Politics - Congressional Elections: Roots of the Centrifugal Congress - Congressional Committees - The Individual Enterprise - Parties and Leadership: Capturing the Congress - Presidential-Congressional Relations: Focus, Authority and Negotiation - The Legislative Process and the Rules of the Game - The Competitive Congress: Centrifugal Forces in a Partisan Era - Index
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