000427503 000__ 02566cam\a22003614a\4500 000427503 001__ 427503 000427503 005__ 20210513150404.0 000427503 008__ 050720s2005\\\\enk\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000427503 010__ $$a 2005020891 000427503 019__ $$a144565185 000427503 020__ $$a9780195172850 (alk. paper) 000427503 020__ $$a019517285X (alk. paper) 000427503 020__ $$a9780195309164 (pbk.) 000427503 020__ $$a0195309162 (pbk.) 000427503 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm61162185 000427503 035__ $$a427503 000427503 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$cDLC$$dBAKER$$dC#P$$dBUR$$dYDXCP$$dBTCTA$$dLVB$$dSTF$$dSVP$$dNLGGC$$dOCLCG$$dSMP$$dHEBIS$$dOCLCQ$$dJRA$$dZWZ$$dYUS$$dDSR$$dISE 000427503 042__ $$apcc 000427503 043__ $$an-us--- 000427503 049__ $$aISEA 000427503 05000 $$aJK1021$$b.L44 2005 000427503 08200 $$a328.73$$222 000427503 24504 $$aThe legislative branch /$$cPaul J. Quirk, Sarah A. Binder, editors. 000427503 260__ $$aOxford ;$$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$cc2005. 000427503 300__ $$axxix, 584 p. ;$$c24 cm. 000427503 440_0 $$aInstitutions of American democracy series. 000427503 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000427503 5050_ $$aCongress and the constitutional system / Charles Stewart III -- Institutional development of congress / Eric Schickler -- Actions in the public sphere / David R. Mayhew -- Modern campaigns and representation / Gary C. Jacobson -- Elections, parties, and governance / Sarah A. Binder -- Representing racial and ethnic minorities / David T. Canon -- Committees and policy formulation / David W. Rohde -- Parties and leadership in the house / Barbara Sinclair -- Parties and leadership in the Senate / Steven S. Smith -- Interests, constituencies, and policy making / Frances E. Lee -- Deliberation and decision making / Paul J. Quirk -- Foreign affairs and war / Christopher J. Deering -- Budgets and fiscal policy / Eric Patashnik -- Advice and consent : cooperation and conflict in the appointment of federal judges / Forrest Maltzman -- Congress and the bureaucracy / Charles R. Shipan -- Images of congress / John R. Hibbing -- Politics of congressional reform / C. Lawrence Evans -- Congress and American democracy : assessing institutional performance / Paul J. Quirk and Sarah Binder. 000427503 520__ $$aContains eighteen essays in which political scientists and scholars of public policy examine the performance of the U.S. Congress as a democratic institution, covering ideals and development, elections and representation, structures and processes, policy and performance, and assessments and prospects. 000427503 61010 $$aUnited States.$$bCongress. 000427503 7001_ $$aQuirk, Paul J.,$$d1949- 000427503 7001_ $$aBinder, Sarah A. 000427503 7102_ $$aAnnenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands. 000427503 85200 $$bgen$$hJK1021$$i.L44$$i2005 000427503 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:427503$$pGLOBAL_SET 000427503 980__ $$aBIB 000427503 980__ $$aBOOK