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Product details:
- Edition number and title :The Legislative Branch
- Edition number New ed
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 27 April 2006
- ISBN 9780195309164
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages624 pages
- Size 235x157x40 mm
- Weight 857 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 32 halftones, maps & line illus. 0
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Long description:
The checks and balances provided by the three branches of federal government are essential to nurturing and maintaining American democracy. With the guidance of coeditors Paul J. Quirk and Sarah A. Binder, this collection of essays examines the role of the Legislature in American democracy and the dynamic between the other branches of government, and discusses possible measures for reform.
The volume addresses questions such as: How does Congress serve the values of democracy and American constitutional principles? Which conceptions of those values does it implement, and which does it overlook or fail to realize? What are Congress's strengths and weaknesses in performing the tasks of democratic governance? What reforms, if any, are necessary to ensure the health and success of Congress as an institution of democracy in the future?
Table of Contents:
DIRECTORY OF CONTRIBUTORS
GENERAL INTRODUCTION: The Legislative Branch as an Institution of American Constitutional Democracy
INTRODUCTION: Congress and American Democracy: Institutions and Performance
SECTION I: IDEALS AND DEVELOPMENT
Congress and the Constitutional System
Institutional Development of Congress
Actions in the Public Square
SECTION II: ELECTIONS AND REPRESENTATION
Modern Campaigns and Representation
Elections, Parties, and Governance
Representing Racial and Ethnic Minorities
SECTION III: STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES
Committees and Policy Formulation
Parties and Leadership in the House
Parties and Leadership in the Senate
SECTION IV: POLICY AND PERFORMANCE
Interests, Constituencies, and Policy Making
Deliberation and Decision Making
Foreign Affairs and War
Budgets and Fiscal Policy
Advice and Consent: Cooperation and Conflict in the Appointment of Federal Judges
Congress and the Bureaucracy
SECTION V: ASSESSMENTS AND PROSPECTS
Images of Congress
Politics of Congressional Reform
Congress and American Democracy: Assessing Institutional Performance
APPENDIX
INDEX
