Congressional behavior. / Edited by Nelson W. Polsby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polsby, Nelson W., compiler.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [1971]

Contents:

Strengthening Congress in national policymaking, by N. W. Polsby.

The Congressional career

then and now, by H. D. Price.

What do Congressmen hear? By L. A. Dexter.

Congressional staff and public policymaking: the Joint Committee of Internal Revenue Taxation, by J. F. Manley.

Two strategies of leadership: Johnson and Mansfield, by J. G. Stewart.

Arthur Vandenberg and the Senate, by D. Acheson.

Goodbye to the inner club, by N. W. Polsby.

Filibusters: majority rule, presidential leadership, and Senate norms, by R. E. Wolfinger.

The freshman Congressman: his views of the House, by R. F. Fenno, Jr.

Six letters to constituents, by C. Miller.

Committee assignments, by N. A. Masters.

The growth of the seniority system in the U.S. House of Representatives, by N. W. Polsby, M. Gallaher, and B. S. Rundquist.

Joseph G. Cannon and Howard W. Smith: an essay on the limits of leadership in the House of Representatives, by C. O. Jones.

The party whip organiz

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0394310233

OCLC:

125587