Disjointed Pluralism : : Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U.S. Congress /

Disjointed Pluralism : : Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U.S. Congress / / Eric Schickler.

From the 1910 overthrow of "Czar" Joseph Cannon to the reforms enacted when Republicans took over the House in 1995, institutional change within the U.S. Congress has been both a product and a shaper of congressional politics. For several decades, scholars have explained this process in te...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015
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Schickler, Eric,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011]
©2001
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:Core Textbook
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ; 124
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Physical Description:1 online resource (376 p.) :; 4 line illus., 19 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Disjointed Pluralism and Institutional Change
  • Chapter 2. Institutional Development, 1890-1910: An Experiment in Party Government
  • Chapter 3. Institutional Development, 1919-1932: Cross-Party Coalitions, Bloc Government, and Republican Rule
  • Chapter 4. Institutional Development, 1937-1952: The Conservative Coalition, Congress against the Executive, and Committee Government
  • Chapter 5. Institutional Development, 1970-1989: A Return to Party Government or the Triumph of Individualism?
  • Chapter 6. Understanding Congressional Change
  • Epilogue. Institutional Change in the 1990s
  • Appendix A. Case Selection
  • Appendix B. Votes Pertaining to Institutional Changes in Each Period
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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