Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving - Couverture souple

Adler, E. Scott

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1107670314 ISBN 13 : 9781107670310

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

This book argues that voters' willingness to hold lawmakers accountable produces insights into legislative organization, behavior and output.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Scott Adler is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is a principal investigator of the Congressional Bills Project and the Congressional District Data Project. Among his publications are the books Why Congressional Reforms Fail: Reelection and the House Committee System and The Macropolitics of Congress. The former was awarded the Alan Rosenthal Prize from the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association. His research has also appeared in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science and Legislative Studies Quarterly. In 2006–7, Adler was Visiting Professor at the Center for the Study of American Politics and Department of Political Science, Yale University. He received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1988 and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1996.

John Wilkerson is the Director of the Center for American Politics and Public Policy at the University of Washington. He is a principal investigator of the Congressional Bills Project, the Policy Agendas Project and the Comparative Agendas Project. His research has been published by leading scholarly journals including the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics and Legislative Studies Quarterly. He teaches American politics and created the award-winning online congressional simulation, LegSim. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in 1991.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1107670314
• ISBN 13: 9781107670310
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 262
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible