The Contemporary Congress - Hardcover

Loomis, Burdett A.

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9780312176365: The Contemporary Congress

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ISBN 10: 0312176368 ISBN 13: 9780312176365

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1997

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Looks at the current makeup of Congress and discusses the most important congressional issues and legislative politics

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About the Author:

Burdett A. Loomis is a professor of political science at the University of Kansas. He received his Ph.D. form the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1974, served as an American Political Science Congressional Fellow in 1975-1976, and has taught at the University of Kansas since 1979. He has written on a variety of topics, including Congress, interest groups, state legislatures, and public policy. In 1984, Loomis directed the Congressional Management Project, which produced the first of many editions of SETTING COURSE: A CONGRESSIONAL MANAGEMENT GUIDE. Aside from teaching courses on congressional politics, interest groups, and policy making, since 1983 Loomis has directed public internship programs in Washington and Topeka. He currently serves as chair of the political science department and Interim Director of the Robert J. Dole Institute for Public Service and Public Policy at the University of Kansas.

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Preface. About the Author. 1. Drama of Representation. 2. Evolution of Congressional Decentralization and Recentralization. 3. The Changing Environment of Congressional Politics. 4. Congressional Elections: Roots of the Centrifugal Congress. 5. The Legislative Process and the Rules of the Game. 6. Parties and Leadership Capturing the Congress. 7. Congressional Committees. 8. The Individual Enterprise. 9. Presidential-Congressional Relations. 10. The Competitive Congress. Index.

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