Congress : The First Branch / Kathryn Wagner Hill, Benjamin Ginsberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ginsberg, Benjamin, Author.

Wagner Hill, Kathryn, Author.

Series:

Yale scholarship online.

Yale scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress.

United States.

United States. Congress--History.

Legislative bodies--United States.

Legislative bodies.

Legislative bodies--United States--History.

United States--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An introduction to the U.S. Congress, from seasoned political historians and teachers In this accessible overview of the United States Congress's past and present, Ginsberg and Hill introduce students to the country's most democratic institution. This text surveys Congressional elections, the internal structure of Congress, the legislative process, Congress and the President, and Congress and the courts. Congress: The First Branch offers a fresh approach to the First Branch grounded in a historical, positive frame.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

1. Congress: The First Branch

2. A Brief History of Congress: From First Branch to Second Fiddle

3. Congressional Elections

4. Political Parties and the Organization of Congress

5. The Legislative Process: The Rise of the New Order in Congress

6. Congress, the President, and Domestic Policy: Who Governs?

7. Congress and Foreign Policy

8. Congress and the Bureaucracy: Who Makes the Law?

9. Congress and the Courts

10. Reflections on Congress

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-24961-6

OCLC:

1111801476