Congress Reconsidered - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1568028598 ISBN 13 : 9781568028590

Editeur : CQ Press, 2005

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Biographie de l'auteur

Lawrence C. Dodd holds the Manning J. Dauer Eminent Scholar Chair in Political Science at the University of Florida. His books include Learning Democracy (2005), New Perspectives on American Politics (1994), Congress and Policy Change (1986), Congress and the Administrative State (1979), and Coalitions in Parliamentary Government (1976). He has been a Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow (2003 2004), University Fellow (1993 1994), Hoover National Fellow (1984 1985), and Congressional Fellow (1974 1975). Dodd was selected as the University of Florida s Teacher-Scholar of the Year in 2007, the university s highest faculty honor. Bruce I. Oppenheimer is professor of political science at Vanderbilt University. He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin and has been a Congressional Fellow (1974 1975) and Brookings Fellow in Governmental Studies (1970 1971). His book Sizing Up the Senate:The Unequal Consequences of Equal Representation (1999), coauthored with Frances Lee, was awarded the D. B. Hardeman Prize. He is also editor of U.S. Senate Exceptionalism (2002).

Présentation de l'éditeur

Always a classic, Dodd and Oppenheimer s Congress Reconsidered is the recognized source for in-depth, cutting-edge scholarship on Congress geared to undergraduates. Thoroughly updated with ten brand new pieces and the others completely revised this ninth edition includes cogent, timely analysis of the 2008 congressional elections, as well as coverage of: the 110th Democratic Congress,specifically its energy policy, its handling of the Iraq War, and its taxing and spending; the role of committees in Congress; leadership by women and minorities in Congress; the effects of campaign finance reform; differences in legislative activity between the Republican and Democratic Congresses; party coalition-building across the postwar era; and perspective on campaigns, elections,and political careers from member of Congress Daniel Lipinski.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CQ Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1568028598
• ISBN 13: 9781568028590
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 493
• Éditeur: Dodd Lawrence C.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Buchpark GmbH; gpsr@buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne