Committees in Congress - Couverture souple

Steven-s-smith-christopher-j-deering

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0871872625 ISBN 13 : 9780871872623

Editeur : CQ Press, 1984

Synopsis

Book by Smith Steven S

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Christopher J. Deering is professor of political science at George Washington University. He served as an APSA congressional fellow from 1984 to 1985 and is a former Brookings Institution research fellow. The author of numerous articles and contributed essays on congressional politics, he is the editor of Congressional Politics (1989). Steven S. Smith is professor of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis. He has taught at the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, and George Washington University and has served as a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. His research interests include American politics, congressional politics, Russian politics, positive theories of politics, and theories of institutional development. He is author or coauthor of Politics or Principle: Filibustering in the United States (1997), Committees in Congress, 3e (1997), The American Congress (1995), Call to Order: Floor Politics in the House and Senate (1989), Managing Uncertainty in the House of Representatives (1988), and The Politics of Institutional Choice: The Formation of the Russian State Duma (forthcoming).

Présentation de l'éditeur

Providing a comprehensive examination of the origins, development, and current status of committees and committee systems in both the House and Senate, this edition carries on the book's tradition of comprehensive coverage, empirical richness, and theoretical relevance in its discussion of these essential and distinguishing features of our national legislature. While the last edition focused on the "post-reform" committee systems, addressed the shifts in the internal distribution of power, and hinted at the forces that had already begun to undermine the power of committees, this edition updates that analysis and anticipates the next round of reforms that is evolving under the Republicans. It offers complete coverage of the new rules and structural changes to the House and Senate committee systems. It extends its discussion of committee power and influence in the context of the "Contract with America," Republican reforms, and the inter-party warfare on Capitol Hill.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CQ Press
• Date d'édition: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0871872625
• ISBN 13: 9780871872623
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais