Congressional Record

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

Download Congressional Record Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Ideology and Congress

Ideology and Congress
Title Ideology and Congress PDF eBook
Author Howard Rosenthal
Publisher Routledge
Pages 363
Release 2017-09-04
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1351513788

Download Ideology and Congress Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

In Ideology and Congress, authors Poole and Rosenthal have analyzed over 13 million individual roll call votes spanning the two centuries since Congress began recording votes in 1789. By tracing the voting patterns of Congress throughout the country's history, the authors find that, despite a wide array of issues facing legislators, over 81 percent of their voting decisions can be attributed to a consistent ideological position ranging from ultraconservatism to ultraliberalism. In their classic 1997 volume, Congress: A Political Economic History of Roll Call Voting, roll call voting became the framework for a novel interpretation of important episodes in American political and economic history. Congress demonstrated that roll call voting has a very simple structure and that, for most of American history, roll call voting patterns have maintained a core stability based on two great issues: the extent of government regulation of, and intervention in, the economy; and race. In this new, paperback volume, the authors include nineteen years of additional data, bringing in the period from 1986 through 2004.

Congress

Congress
Title Congress PDF eBook
Author Keith T. Poole
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 314
Release 2000
Genre Political Science
ISBN 019514242X

Download Congress Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Using supercomputers, the authors have analyzed 16 million individual roll call votes since the two Houses of Congress began recording votes in 1789. By tracing the voting patterns of Congress throughout the country's history, Poole and Rosenthal find that, despite a wide array of issues facing legislators, over 80% of a legislator's voting decisions can be attributed to a consistent ideological position ranging from ultraconservatism to ultraliberalism.

The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies

The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies
Title The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies PDF eBook
Author Shane Martin
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 785
Release 2014
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0199653011

Download The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Legislatures are arguably the most important political institution in modern democracies. The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies, written by some of the most distinguished legislative scholars in political science, provides a comprehensive and up-to-date description and critical assessment of the state of the art in this key area.

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

Download How Our Laws are Made Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Vital Statistics on Congress, 1991-1992

Vital Statistics on Congress, 1991-1992
Title Vital Statistics on Congress, 1991-1992 PDF eBook
Author Norman J. Ornstein
Publisher CQ-Roll Call Group Books
Pages 304
Release 1991-09
Genre Political Science
ISBN

Download Vital Statistics on Congress, 1991-1992 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Congressman, Constituents, and Contributors

Congressman, Constituents, and Contributors
Title Congressman, Constituents, and Contributors PDF eBook
Author James B. Kau
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 182
Release 1982
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780898380705

Download Congressman, Constituents, and Contributors Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

In a sense, this book might seem like a strange undertaking for two economists. The material seems to be much closer to political science than to economics; our topic is the determinants of congressional voting. Legislatures and roll call voting are traditionally in the domain of political science. This introduction is intended to explain why we have found this book worth writing. Today the economy functions in a regulated framework. Whether or not there ever was a "golden age" of laissez faire capitalism is an issue for historians; such an age does not now exist. One implication of the high degree of politicization of the modern economy is that one cannot any longer study economics divorced from politics. The rise to prominence of the field of public choice is one strong piece of evidence about what many economists see as the significant influence of the political sector over what would seem to be purely economic variables. A more homey example may also be used to il lustrate the phenomenon of increased politicization of the economy. All economists have had the experience of lecturing on the unemployment creating effects of a minimum wage or on the shortage-creating implications of price controls, only to have a student ask: "But if that is so, why do we have those laws?" One way of viewing this book is as an attempt to answer that question.