Congress and policy change
By: edited by Gerald C. Wright, Jr., Leroy N. Rieselbach, Lawrence C. Dodd.
Contributors: Wright, Gerald C.; Rieselbach, Leroy N.; Dodd, Lawrence C., 1946-; Indiana University Conference on Congress and Policy Change (1983)
Publisher: Agathon Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: United States. Congress -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
"Earlier versions of most of these papers were delivered at the Indiana University Conference on Congress and Policy Change in April 1983"--Acknowledgments.
Table of contents: title: A theory of congressional cycles / Lawrence C. Dodd; title: Electoral realignments in the U.S. House of Representatives / David W. Brady; title: The politics and policy of race in Congress / Edward G. Carmines and James A. Stimson; title: Elections and the potential for policy change in Congress / Gerald C. Wright, Jr.; title: Adjusting to the U.S. Senate / Richard F. Fenno, Jr.; title: Campaign learning, congressional behavior, and policy change / Marjorie Randon Hershey; title: Party leadership and policy change / Barbara Sinclair; title: Blocking coalitions and policy change / Roberta Herzberg; title: Logrolling in an institutional context / John Ferejohn; title: Congress and policy change : issues, answers, and prospects / Leroy N. Rieselbach.