Title: Knowledge, power, and the Congress /
Authors: Robinson, William H. 1938-; Wellborn, Clay H.; Council of Scholars (U.S.); Library of Congress
Publisher: Congressional Quarterly,
Year: 1991
Subjects: United States. Congresses.; Policy sciences Congresses.; Knowledge, Sociology of Congresses.; Power (Social sciences) Congresses; Legislative bodies Congresses; Legislative power Congresses.
Contents: Introduction : the view from Capitol Hill / James C. Wright, Jr. -- Toward a legislature of the first kind / Theodore J. Lowi. Comment / Thomas S. Foley -- Knowledge, power, and the First Congress / Gordon S. Wood. Comment / Joseph Cooper. Comment / James Sterling Young -- The making of the modern Congress / Nelson W. Polsby. Comment / Frank Freidel. Comment / David Brady -- Informed legislation : policy research versus ordinary knowledge / Allen Schick. Comment / Carol H. Weiss. Comment / David E. Price -- Rational ignorance, professional research, and politicians' dilemmas / Mancur Olson. Comment / Newt Gingrich. Comment / Jodie T. Allen -- Knowledge, power, and national security / Ernest R. May. Comment / Stephen J. Solarz -- New directions in economic policy / Lawrence H. Summers. Comment / Isabel Sawhill. Comment / William A. Niskanen.