Deliberative choices
Subtitle: debating public policy in Congress
By: Gary Mucciaroni, Paul J. Quirk.
Contributors: Quirk, Paul J., 1949-
Series: American politics and political economy
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: United States. Congress; Political planning -- United States; Debates and debating -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The strategy of claims : a theory of congressional debate; title: Assessing legislative debate; title: The debate on welfare reform; title: The debate on estate tax repeal; title: The debate on telecommunications deregulation; title: Patterns : strategies and claims; title: Patterns : interactions and information-value; title: Improving congressional deliberation; title: Appendix A. procedures for assessing legislative debate; title: Appendix B. coding for information difficulty and uncertainty; title: Appendix C. disaggregated and supporting data; title: Appendix D. disaggregated data; title: Notes; title: Works cited; title: Index.