Congress Reconsidered - Softcover

Dodd, Lawrence C.; Oppenheimer, Bruce I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871877120 ISBN 13: 9780871877123

Publisher: CQ Press, 1993

Synopsis

19 essays, most of them new, five substantially revised, in the fifth edition of Congress Reconsidered reflect the thinking of leading scholars of the institution. One general theme running throughout the essays is that Congress is constantly changing. Like other political institutions it responds to internal forces and to the broader social and political environment of the time. This edition begins with the analysis of the 1992 congressional elections and consideres their implications as Congress moves from a period of divided government to one of united party control.

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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).

Edition details

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871877120
• ISBN 13: 9780871877123
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 465