The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress

Zusatztext Outstanding Academic Titles 2012, as selected by CHOICE Magazine (December 2012). Informationen zum Autor Eric Schickler is the author of Disjointed Pluralism: Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U.S. Congress (Princeton University Press, 2001) and co-author, with Greg Wawro, of Filibuster: Obstruction and Lawmaking in the U.S. Senate (Princeton University Press, 2006). Both books received APSA's Richard F. Fenno Award for the best book published on legislative politics. He is also co-author of Partisan Hearts and Minds (with Donald Green and Bradley Palmquist), which was published in 2002 (Yale University Press). He has authored or co-authored articles in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Comparative Political Studies, Studies in American Political Development, Public Opinion Quarterly, and Social Science History. He is Jeffrey and Ashley McDermott Chair in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Frances E. Lee is author of Beyond Ideology: Politics, Principles and Partisanship in the U.S. Senate (University of Chicago Press, 2009), coauthor of Sizing Up The Senate: The Unequal Consequences of Equal Representation (University of Chicago Press 1999), and co-author of a comprehensive textbook on the U.S. Congress, Congress and Its Members (CQ Press). Her research has appeared in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and Legislative Studies Quarterly. Her work has received national recognition, including the APSA's E. E. Schattschneider Award for the best dissertation in American Politics, the D. B. Hardeman Award presented by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation for the best book on a congressional topic, and the APSA's Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Award for the best book on legislative politics published. She is Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland-College Park. Klappentext The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are the essential guide to the study of American political life in the 21st Century. With engaging! new contributions from the major figures in the field The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress provides the key point of reference for anyone working in American Politics today. Zusammenfassung The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are the essential guide to the study of American political life in the 21st Century. With engaging, new contributions from the major figures in the field The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress provides the key point of reference for anyone working in American Politics today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Introduction 1: Eric Schickler and Frances E. Lee: Studying the Congress 2: Bruce Oppenheimer: Behavioral Approaches to the Study of Congress 3: Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman: Formal Approaches to the Study of Congress 4: Nolan McCarty: Measuring Legislative Preferences 5: Ross K. Baker: Touching the Bones: Interviewing and Direct Observational Studies of Congress 6: Ira Katznelson: Historical Approaches to the Study of Congress: Towards a Congressional Vantage on American Political Development Part II: Elections 7: Jamie L. Carson and Jason M. Roberts: House and Senate Elections 8: Tracy Sulkin: Congressional Campaigns 9: Michael P. McDonald: Congressional Redistricting 10: Robin Kolodny: Campaign Finance in Congressional Elections Part III: Representation and Responsiveness 11: Michele L. Swers and Stella M. Rouse: Descriptive Representation: Understanding the Impact of Identity on Substantive Representation of Group Interests 12: Frances E. Lee: Bicameral Representation 13: Stephen Ansolabehere and Philip Edward Jones: Dyadic Representation 14: Diana Evans: Pork Barrel Politics 15: David Brady: Public Opinion an...

Outstanding Academic Titles 2012, as selected by CHOICE Magazine (December 2012).

Autorentext
Eric Schickler is the author of Disjointed Pluralism: Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U.S. Congress (Princeton University Press, 2001) and co-author, with Greg Wawro, of Filibuster: Obstruction and Lawmaking in the U.S. Senate (Princeton University Press, 2006). Both books received APSA's Richard F. Fenno Award for the best book published on legislative politics. He is also co-author of Partisan Hearts and Minds (with Donald Green and Bradley Palmquist), which was published in 2002 (Yale University Press). He has authored or co-authored articles in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Comparative Political Studies, Studies in American Political Development, Public Opinion Quarterly, and Social Science History. He is Jeffrey and Ashley McDermott Chair in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

Frances E. Lee is author of Beyond Ideology: Politics, Principles and Partisanship in the U.S. Senate (University of Chicago Press, 2009), coauthor of Sizing Up The Senate: The Unequal Consequences of Equal Representation (University of Chicago Press 1999), and co-author of a comprehensive textbook on the U.S. Congress, Congress and Its Members (CQ Press). Her research has appeared in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and Legislative Studies Quarterly. Her work has received national recognition, including the APSA's E. E. Schattschneider Award for the best dissertation in American Politics, the D. B. Hardeman Award presented by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation for the best book on a congressional topic, and the APSA's Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Award for the best book on legislative politics published. She is Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland-College Park.



Klappentext
The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are the essential guide to the study of American political life in the 21st Century. With engaging, new contributions from the major figures in the field The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress provides the key point of reference for anyone working in American Politics today.

Inhalt
Part I: Introduction
1: Eric Schickler and Frances E. Lee: Studying the Congress
2: Bruce Oppenheimer: Behavioral Approaches to the Study of Congress
3: Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman: Formal Approaches to the Study of Congress
4: Nolan McCarty: Measuring Legislative Preferences
5: Ross K. Baker: Touching the Bones: Interviewing and Direct Observational Studies of Congress
6: Ira Katznelson: Historical Approaches to the Study of Congress: Towards a Congressional Vantage on American Political Development
Part II: Elections
7: Jamie L. Carson and Jason M. Roberts: House and Senate Elections
8: Tracy Sulkin: Congressional Campaigns
9: Michael P. McDonald: Congressional Redistricting
10: Robin Kolodny: Campaign Finance in Congressional Elections
Part III: Representation and Responsiveness
11: Michele L. Swers and Stella M. Rouse: Descriptive Representation: Understanding the Impact of Identity on Substantive Representation of Group Interests
12: Frances E. Lee: Bicameral Representation
13: Stephen Ansolabehere and Philip Edward Jones: Dyadic Representation
14: Diana Evans: Pork Barrel Politics
15: David Brady: Public Opinion and Congressional Policy
16: John D. Griffin: Public Evaluations of Congress by
Part IV: Congressional Institutions and Procedures
17: R…

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