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The United States Congress / Ross M. English.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- English, Ross M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress.
- United States.
- Legislation--United States.
- Legislation.
- United States--Politics and government.
- America--Politics and government.
- America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester University Press 2003
- Manchester, England ; New York, New York : Manchester University Press, 2010, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The role of Congress is essential to any study of American government and politics. This introductory text, aimed at undergraduate students, looks at the workings of the US Congress and uses the Republican period of ascendancy (1994-2000) as an example of how the Congress works in practice.
- Contents:
- Origins and development of Congress
- Congressional elections
- Representatives and Senators
- The committee system
- Parties in Congress
- Floor deliberations and beyond
- President and Congress
- Congress, the media and interest groups
- Assessing the US Congress.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78170-022-2
- 1-280-73428-0
- 9786610734283
- 1-84779-038-0
- 1-4175-7804-1
- OCLC:
- 559631091
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