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Book SynopsisNo 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 gov
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Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: ELECTIONS; PART III: REPRESENTATION AND RESPONSIVENESS; PART IV: CONGRESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCEDURES; PART V: POLITICS AND POLICYMAKING; PART VI: CONGRESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PART VII: CONGRESS AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM; PART VIII: REFLECTIONS
