Title: New perspectives on the House of Representatives /
Authors: Peabody, Robert L.,; Polsby, Nelson W.; Polsby, Nelson W.,
Date: 1963
Publisher: Rand McNally,
Physical description: 392 pages ; 22 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: J
Contents: The representative and his district / Lewis Anthony Dexter -- Committee assignments / Nicholas A. Masters -- The functions of informal groups : a state delegation / Alan Fiellin -- The Appropriations Committee as a political system / Richard F. Fenno, Jr. -- The Agriculture Committee and the problem of representation / Charles O. Jones -- The enlarged Rules Committee / Robert L. Peabody -- The decision to enlarge the Committee on Rules : an analysis of the 1961 vote / Milton C. Cummings, Jr. and Robert L. Peabody -- The House of Representatives and federal aid to education / Richard F. Fenno, Jr. -- Two strategies of influence : choosing a majority leader, 1962 / Nelson W. Polsby -- Innovation and intervention on defense policy / Raymond H. Dawson -- Congressmen and the making of military policy / Lewis Anthony Dexter -- Congressional oversight of administration : the power of the purse / Arthur W. Macmahon.
Subject headings (LCSH): United States. Congress. House.