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totalt 14 träffar
The Democratic Dilemma
Voters cannot answer simple survey questions about politics. Legislators cannot recall the details of legislation. Jurors cannot comprehend legal arguments. Observations such as …
Legislative Leviathan
This book provides an incisive new look at the inner workings of the House of Representatives in the post-World War II era. Reevaluating the role of parties and committees, Gary …
The Democratic Dilemma
Voters cannot answer simple survey questions about politics. Legislators cannot recall the details of legislation. Jurors cannot comprehend legal arguments. Observations such as …
Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress, Volume 2
This work addresses the development of congressional practices and institutions and ties the changes to key political and economic events. In connecting political and economic …
Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress, Volume 1
In recent decades, political scientists have produced an enormous body of scholarship dealing with the U.S. Congress, and in particular congressional organization. However, most …
Setting the Agenda
Scholars of the U.S. House disagree over the importance of political parties in organizing the legislative process. On the one hand, non-partisan theories stress how congressional …
Elements of Reason
Many social scientists want to explain why people do what they do. A barrier to constructing such explanations used to be a lack of information on the relationship between …
The Logic of Delegation
Why do majority congressional parties seem unable to act as an effective policy-making force? They routinely delegate their power to others—internally to standing committees and …
Setting the Agenda
Scholars of the U.S. House disagree over the importance of political parties in organizing the legislative process. On the one hand, non-partisan theories stress how congressional …
The Origins of Liberty
Why would sovereigns ever grant political or economic liberty to their subjects? Under what conditions would rational rulers who possess ultimate authority and who seek to maximize …
Legislative Leviathan
The second edition of Legislative Leviathan provides an incisive new look at the inner workings of the House of Representatives in the post-World War II era. Re-evaluating the role …