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American Politics

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The Committee

A Study of Policy, Power, Politics and Obama’s Historic Legislative Agenda on Capitol Hill

2nd Edition, With a New Preface

By Bryan William Marshall & Bruce C. Wolpe
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

A deftly crafted insider account of how congressional committees really work, updated for 2021

Minority Party Misery

Political Powerlessness and Electoral Disengagement

By Jacob F.H. Smith
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

When lawmakers take their ball and go home

The Right of Instruction and Representation in American Legislatures, 1778 to 1900

By Peverill Squire
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Political History, Governance

Telling Congress What To Do

Citizenship in the American Republic

By Brian L. Fife
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Political Behavior and Public Opinion, Governance

Creating a more perfect union, one citizen at a time

The Politics of Herding Cats

When Congressional Leaders Fail

By John Lovett
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance, Political Behavior and Public Opinion
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Congressional leaders compete with the media for control over public policy

Founding Factions

How Majorities Shifted and Aligned to Shape the U.S. Constitution

By Jeremy C Pope & Shawn Treier
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance, Political History

Coalition, not compromise, framed the Constitution

Committees and the Decline of Lawmaking in Congress

By Jonathan Lewallen
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Why Congress Does Nothing

Losing to Win

Why Congressional Majorities Play Politics Instead of Make Laws

By Jeremy Gelman
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

The political liveliness of DOA legislation

It's Not Personal

Politics and Policy in Lower Court Confirmation Hearings

By Logan Dancey, Kjersten Rya Nelson, and Eve Megan Ringsmuth
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Lower Court confirmation hearings reveal much about senators’ power and ambitions

On Parliamentary War

Partisan Conflict and Procedural Change in the U.S. Senate

With a new Preface

By James Ian Wallner
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Utilizes game theory to better understand the relationship between procedural change and partisan conflict in a dysfunctional U.S. Senate

The Jeffords Switch

Changing Majority Status and Causal Processes in the U.S. Senate

By Nathan Monroe & Chris Den Hartog
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

A creative and nuanced approach that takes advantage of an organic shift in Senate power to uncover how Senate power actually works.

Foreign Policy Advocacy and Entrepreneurship

How a New Generation in Congress Is Shaping U.S. Engagement with the World

By Jeffrey S Lantis
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Public Policy, Governance

Junior foreign policy entrepreneurs in Congress are reshaping the United States’ foreign policy landscape

The Whips

Building Party Coalitions in Congress

By C. Lawrence Evans
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Whither the whips, thither the vote

Whatever Happened to Party Government?

Controversies in American Political Science

By Mark Wickham-Jones
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance

The contentious history of a provocative report and its meaning for American political science

The Committee

A Study of Policy, Power, Politics and Obama’s Historic Legislative Agenda on Capitol Hill

By Bryan William Marshall & Bruce C. Wolpe
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

A deftly crafted insider account of how congressional committees really work

The Committee

A Study of Policy, Power, Politics and Obama's Historic Legislative Agenda on Capitol Hill

By Bryan William Marshall & Bruce C. Wolpe
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

A deftly crafted insider account of how congressional committees really work

On Parliamentary War

Partisan Conflict and Procedural Change in the U.S. Senate

1st Edition

By James Ian Wallner
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Utilizes game theory to better understand the relationship between procedural change and partisan conflict in a dysfunctional U.S. Senate

 

The Rise of the Representative

Lawmakers and Constituents in Colonial America

By Peverill Squire
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance, History, American History
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Uncovers the roots of the American political system: the development of colonial representative assemblies
 

Implementing Term Limits

The Case of the Michigan Legislature

By Marjorie Ellen Sarbaugh-Thompson & Thomas Lyke Thompson
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Intriguing case study of Michigan that demonstrates the implementation of term limits can impede democracy

The Modern Legislative Veto

Macropolitical Conflict and the Legacy of Chadha

By Michael J. Berry
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

An important examination of the legislative veto and the ongoing battle between the executive and the legislature to control policy

Leadership Organizations in the House of Representatives

Party Participation and Partisan Politics

By Scott Meinke
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Electoral competition and polarization transformed leadership organizations and the nature of party participation in the House

Party Discipline in the U.S. House of Representatives

By Kathryn Pearson
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

A breakthrough study that looks at the disciplinary measures which party leaders employ to command loyalty from members

Minority Parties in U.S. Legislatures

Conditions of Influence

By Jennifer Clark
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Revealing data from the U.S. Congress and state legislatures challenge conventional assumptions about minority parties

Bridging the Information Gap

Legislative Member Organizations as Social Networks in the United States and the European Union

By Jennifer Nicoll Victor, Nils Ringe, and Christopher Jan Carman
Subjects: Political Science, Comparative Politics, Governance, American Politics, European Studies, U.K. Politics

By cutting across party and committee lines, legislative member organizations facilitate the flow of vital information

Partisan Gerrymandering and the Construction of American Democracy

By Erik J. Engstrom
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Governance
Series: Legislative Politics and Policy Making

Since the nation’s founding, the strategic manipulation of congressional districts has influenced American politics and public policy

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