Congress : structure and policy / edited by Mathew D. McCubbins, Terry Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCubbins, Mathew D. (Mathew Daniel), 1956-

Sullivan, Terry (Terry O.)

Series:

Political economy of institutions and decisions

Political economy of institutions and decisions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 563 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.

Contents:

Part I Representation

1 The electoral connection and the Congress / David R. Mayhew Mayhew, David R.

2 The case of the vanishing marginals: the bureaucracy did it / Morris P. Fiorina Fiorina, Morris P.

3 Running scared: elections and congressional politics in the 1980s

Part II The Shape of Congressional Institutions

Section 1 The Development of Institutional Arrangements

4 The institutionalization of the US House of Representatives / Nelson W. Polsby Polsby, Nelson W.

A rational choice perspective on congressional norms / Barry R. Weingast Weingast, Barry R.

Section 2 Committees

6 Congressmen and committees: a comparative analysis / Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Fenno, Richard F., Jr.

7 Democratic committee assignments in the House of Representatives: strategic aspects of a social choice process / David W. Rohde Rohde, David W., Kenneth A. Shepsle Shepsle, Kenneth A.

8 Reforming the structure of the House appropriations process: the effects of the 1885 and 1919-20 reforms on money decisions / David Brady Brady, David, Mark A. Morgan Morgan, Mark A.

Section 3tParties

9 The decline of party in the US House of Representatives, 1887-1968 / David Brady Brady, David, Joseph Cooper Cooper, Joseph, Patrica A. Hurley Hurley, Patrica A.

Section 4 Leadership

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

11 Presidential leadership in Congress: securing commitments / Terry Sullivan Sullivan, Terry

Part III The Impact of Institutional Arrangements: Implications for the study of Congress

12 Votes, strategies, and institutions: an introduction to the theory of collective choice / Thomas Schwartz Schwartz, Thomas

13 Institutional arrangements and equilibrium in multidimensional voting models / Kenneth A. Shepsle Shepsle, Kenneth A.

14 Sophisticated committees and structure-induced equilibria in Congress / Keith Krehbiel Krehbiel, Keith

Part IV The Impact of Institutional Arrangements on the Development of Public Policy

15 A theory of congressional delegation / Mathew D. McCubbins McCubbins, Mathew D., Talbot Page Page, Talbot

16 Congressional oversight overlooked: police patrols versus fire alarms / Mathew D. McCubbins McCubbins, Mathew D., Thomas Schwartz Schwartz, Thomas

17 The structure of agency decision processes / John A. Ferejohn Ferejohn, John A.

18 The political foundations of regulatory policy / Roger Noll Noll, Roger

19 Congressional influence over policy making: the case of the FTC / Randall L. Calvert Calvert, Randall L., Mark J. Moran Moran, Mark J., Barry R Weingast Weingast, Barry R

20 Legislators, bureaucrats, and locational decisions / R. Douglas Arnold Arnold, R. Douglas.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0521331692

052133750X

OCLC:

14719038