Parliament and Congress

Parliament and Congress
Title Parliament and Congress PDF eBook
Author William McKay
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 596
Release 2010-06-03
Genre Law
ISBN 0199273626

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In Parliament and Congress the constitutional background and the procedures are described and where possible compared in an entirely fresh look at the two legislatures. Though their constitutional positions and development are quite distinct, they nevertheless have much in common historically and face many of the same contemporary problems.

Congressional Record

Congressional Record
Title Congressional Record PDF eBook
Author United States. Congress
Publisher
Pages 1324
Release 1968
Genre Law
ISBN

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How Our Laws are Made

How Our Laws are Made
Title How Our Laws are Made PDF eBook
Author John V. Sullivan
Publisher
Pages 72
Release 2007
Genre Government publications
ISBN

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The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress

The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress
Title The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress PDF eBook
Author Eric Schickler
Publisher OUP Oxford
Pages 1444
Release 2013-03-14
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0191628263

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No legislature in the world has a greater influence over its nation's public affairs than the US Congress. The Congress's centrality in the US system of government has placed research on Congress at the heart of scholarship on American politics. Generations of American government scholars working in a wide range of methodological traditions have focused their analysis on understanding Congress, both as a lawmaking and a representative institution. The purpose of this volume is to take stock of this impressive and diverse literature, identifying areas of accomplishment and promising directions for future work. The editors have commissioned 37 chapters by leading scholars in the field, each chapter critically engages the scholarship focusing on a particular aspect of congressional politics, including the institution's responsiveness to the American public, its procedures and capacities for policymaking, its internal procedures and development, relationships between the branches of government, and the scholarly methodologies for approaching these topics. The Handbook also includes chapters addressing timely questions, including partisan polarization, congressional war powers, and the supermajoritarian procedures of the contemporary Senate. Beyond simply bringing readers up to speed on the current state of research, the volume offers critical assessments of how each literature has progressed - or failed to progress - in recent decades. The chapters identify the major questions posed by each line of research and assess the degree to which the answers developed in the literature are persuasive. The goal is not simply to tell us where we have been as a field, but to set an agenda for research on Congress for the next decade. The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are a set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of scholarship on American politics. Each volume focuses on a particular aspect of the field. The project is under the General Editorship of George C. Edwards III, and distinguished specialists in their respective fields edit each volume. The Handbooks aim not just to report on the discipline, but also to shape it as scholars critically assess the scholarship on a topic and propose directions in which it needs to move. The series is an indispensable reference for anyone working in American politics. General Editor for The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics: George C. Edwards III

Oregon Blue Book

Oregon Blue Book
Title Oregon Blue Book PDF eBook
Author Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State
Publisher
Pages 232
Release 1895
Genre Oregon
ISBN

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Congressional Government

Congressional Government
Title Congressional Government PDF eBook
Author Woodrow Wilson
Publisher
Pages 374
Release 1901
Genre Executive power
ISBN

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The Broken Branch

The Broken Branch
Title The Broken Branch PDF eBook
Author Thomas E. Mann
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 289
Release 2008
Genre History
ISBN 0195368711

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Two nationally renowned congressional scholars review the evolution of Congress from the early days of the republic to 2006, arguing that extreme partisanship and a disregard for institutional procedures are responsible for the institution's current state of dysfunction.