Congress and Its Members - Softcover

Davidson, Roger H.; Oleszek, Walter J.; Lee, Frances E.; Schickler, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1452239959 ISBN 13: 9781452239958

Publisher: CQ Press, 2013

Synopsis

Congress and Its Members is the gold standard for the Congress course. Over 13 editions, the book has offered comprehensive coverage of the U.S. Congress and the legislative process by looking at the tension between Congress as a lawmaking institution and as a collection of re-election-minded politicians. The fourteenth edition accounts for the 2012 elections and includes discussion of the agenda of the new Congress, White House–Capitol Hill relations, party and committee leadership changes, judicial appointments, and partisan polarization, as well as covering changes to budgeting, campaign finance, lobbying, public attitudes about Congress, reapportionment, rules, and procedures. Always balancing great scholarship with currency, the book features lively case material along with relevant data, charts, exhibits, maps, and photos.

About this title

About the Author:

Roger H. Davidson is professor emeritus of government and politics at the University of Maryland, and has served as visiting professor of political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. During the 2001–2002 academic year, he served as the John Marshall Chair in political science at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. His books include Remaking Congress: Change and Stability in the 1990’s, co-edited with James A. Thurber (1995), and Understanding the Presidency, Seventh Edition, co-edited with James P. Pfiffner (2012). Davidson is co-editor with Donald C. Bacon and Morton Keller of The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress (1995).

Review:

"Of the many textbooks on the subject, Congress and Its Members is clearly the gold standard. It offers a comprehensive introduction to the people and structures of the American Congress in clear and readable prose. The addition of Eric Schickler adds yet another top-notch scholar to the accomplished team of authors."

Author: Amy E. Black

About this edition

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1452239959
• ISBN 13: 9781452239958
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 640