The legislative branch
By: Paul J. Quirk, Sarah A. Binder, editors
Contributors: Quirk, Paul J., 1949-; Binder, Sarah A; Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Series: Institutions of American democracy series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 584
Subjects: United States. -- Congress
Notes: "The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands."

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Congress and the constitutional system / Charles Stewart III; title: Institutional development of congress / Eric Shickler; title: Actions in the public sphere / David R. Mayhew; title: Modern campaigns and representation / Gary C. Jacobson; title: Elections, parties, and governance / Sarah A. Binder; title: Representing racial and ethnic minorities / David T. Canon; title: Committees and policy formulation / David W. Rohde; title: Parties and leadership in the House / Barbara Sinclair; title: Parties and leadership in the Senate / Steven S. Smith; title: Interests, constituencies, and policy making / Frances E. Lee; title: Deliberation and decision making / Paul J. Quirk; title: Foreign affairs and war / Christopher J. Deering; title: Budgets and fiscal policy / Eric Patashnik; title: Advice and consent : cooperation and conflict in the appointment of federal judges / Forrest Maltzman; title: Congress and the bureaucracy / Charles R. Shipan; title: Images of congress / John R. Hibbing; title: Politics of congressional reform / C. Lawrence Evans; title: Congress and American democracy : assessing institutional performance / Paul J. Quirk and Sarah Binder