Congress reconsidered - Softcover

Lawrence C.; Oppenheimer Bruce I. Dodd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087187332X ISBN 13: 9780871873323

Publisher: CQ Press, 1985

Synopsis

Always a classic, Dodd and Oppenheimer's Congress Reconsidered is the recognized source for in-depth, cutting-edge scholarship on Congress geared to undergraduates. Thoroughly updated -- with ten brand new pieces and the others completely revised -- this ninth edition includes cogent, timely analysis of the 2008 congressional elections, as well as coverage of:

• the 110th Democratic Congress,specifically its energy policy, its handling of the Iraq War, and its taxing and spending;
• the role of committees in Congress;
• leadership by women and minorities in Congress;
• the effects of campaign finance reform;
• differences in legislative activity between the Republican and Democratic Congresses;
• party coalition-building across the postwar era;
• and perspective on campaigns, elections,and political careers from member of Congress Daniel Lipinski.

About this title

About the Author:

Lawrence C. Dodd holds the Manning J. Dauer Eminent Scholar Chair in Political Science at the University of Florida. His books include New Perspectives on American Politics (1994), Congress and Policy Change (1986), and Congress and the Administrative State (1979). He had been a Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow (2003-2004), University Fellow (1993-1994), Hoover National Fellow (1984-1985), and Congressional Fellow (1974-1975).

Bruce I. Oppenheimer is professor of political science at Vanderbilt University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin and has been a Congressional Fellow (1974-1975) and Brookings Fellow in Governmental Studies (1970-1971). His book Sizing Up the Senate:The Unequal Consequences of Equal Representation (1999), coauthored with Frances Lee, was awarded the D. B. Hardeman Prize. He is also editor of U.S. Senate Exceptionalism (2002).

About this edition

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 087187332X
• ISBN 13: 9780871873323
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 460