Title: Explorations in the evolution of Congress /
Authors: Price, Hugh Douglas.; Polsby, Nelson W.
Publisher: Institute of Governmental Studies Press, University of California, Berkeley,
Year: 1998
Subjects: United States.
Contents: Elections and the Development of Congressional Careers -- The Electoral Arena -- The Congressional Career Then and Now -- Congress and the Evolution of Legislative Professionalism -- House Turnover and the Counterrevolution to Rotation in Office -- Organizing by Party, Committees by Seniority, and Voting by Coalition -- In the Literature: Two Critical Looks -- History of Ethics in Congress; Three Perspectives -- New Perspectives on Wilson's Congressional Government -- Methods of Inquiry -- Are Southern Democrats Different? An Application of Scale Analysis to Senate Voting Patterns.