The macropolitics of Congress
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The macropolitics of Congress
Princeton University Press, c2006
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Macropolitics and micromodels : cartels and pivots reconsidered / Keith Krehbiel
- Bureaucratic capacity and legislative performance / John D. Huber and Nolan McCarty
- Public opinion and congressional policy : a macro-level perspective / Robert S. Erikson, Michael B. MacKuen, and James A. Stimson
- The substance of representation : studying policy content and legislative behavior / Ira Katznelson and John S. Lapinski
- Macropolitics and changes in the U.S. code : testing competing theories of policy production, 1874-1946 / Valerie Heitshusen and Garry Young
- Does divided government increase the size of the legislative agenda? / Charles R. Shipan
- The macropolitics of telecommunications policy, 1899-1998 : lawmaking, policy windows, and agency control / Grace R. Freedman and Charles M. Cameron
- The influence of Congress and the courts over the bureaucracy : an analysis of wetlands policy / Brandice Canes-Wrone
- Legislative bargaining and the macroeconomy / E. Scott Adler and David Leblang
- Lawmaking and history / David R. Mayhew
- Rational choice, history, and the dynamics of Congress / David Brady
Description and Table of Contents
Description
How do public laws, treaties, Senate confirmations, and other legislative achievements help us to gain insight into how our governmental system performs? This well-argued book edited by Scott Adler and John Lapinski is the first to assess our political institutions, by looking at what the authors refer to as legislative accomplishment. The book moves beyond current research on Congress that focuses primarily on rules, internal structure, and the microbehavior of individual lawmakers, to look at the mechanisms that govern how policy is enacted and implemented in the United States. It includes essays on topics ranging from those dealing with the microfoundations of congressional output, to large N empirical analyses that assess current theories of lawmaking, to policy-centered case studies. All of the chapters take a Congress-centered perspective on macropolicy, while still appreciating the importance of other branches of government in explaining policy accomplishment. "The Macropolitics of Congress" shines light on promising pathways for the exploration of such key issues as the nature of political representation.
It will make a significant contribution to the study of Congress and, more generally, to our understanding of American politics. Contributors include E. Scott Adler, David Brady, Charles M. Cameron, Brandice Canes-Wrone, Robert S. Erikson, Grace R. Freedman, Valerie Heitshusen, John D. Huber, Ira Katznelson, Keith Krehbiel, John S. Lapinski, David Leblang, Michael B. MacKuen, David R. Mayhew, Nolan McCarty, Charles R. Shipan, James A. Stimson, and Garry Young.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Defining the Macropolitics of Congress by John S. Lapinski and E. Scott Adler 1 Part I: Theoretical Approaches to the Macropolitics of Congress Chapter 1: Macropolitics and Micromodels: Cartels and Pivots Reconsidered by Keith Krehbiel 21 Chapter 2: Bureaucratic Capacity and Legislative Performance by John D. Huber and Nolan McCarty 50 Part II: The Macropolitics of Representation Chapter 3: Public Opinion and Congressional Policy: A Macro-Level Perspective by Robert S. Erikson, Michael B. MacKuen, and James A. Stimson 79 Chapter 4: The Substance of Representation: Studying Policy Content and Legislative Behavior by Ira Katznelson and John S. Lapinski 96 Part III: Testing Theories of Macropolitics across Time Chapter 5: Macropolitics and Changes in the U.S. Code: Testing Competing Theories of Policy Production, 1874-1946 by Valerie Heitshusen and Garry Young 129 Chapter 6: Does Divided Government Increase the Size of the Legislative Agenda? by Charles R. Shipan 151 Part IV: Macropolitics and Public Policy Chapter 7: The Macropolitics of Telecommunications Policy, 1899-1998: Lawmaking, Policy Windows, and Agency Control by Grace R. Freedman and Charles M. Cameron 173 Chapter 8: The Influence of Congress and the Courts over the Bureaucracy: An Analysis of Wetlands Policy by Brandice Canes-Wrone 195 Chapter 9: Legislative Bargaining and the Macroeconomy by E. Scott Adler and David Leblang 211 Part V: Understanding the Macropolitics of Congress Chapter 10: Lawmaking and History by David R. Mayhew 241 Chapter 11: Rational Choice, History, and the Dynamics of Congress by David Brady 251 Index 259
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