Critical Elections and Congressional Policy Making

Critical Elections and Congressional Policy Making
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 0804718407
ISBN-13 : 9780804718400
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Book Synopsis Critical Elections and Congressional Policy Making by : David W. Brady

Download or read book Critical Elections and Congressional Policy Making written by David W. Brady and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that, despite the scholarly emphasis on 20th-century congressional history, it is necessary to study the nation's first 150 years in order to understand more fully the evolution and functioning of the modern Congress—a time when parties emerged, developed, realigned, and dissapeared; Congressional standing rules changed; the workload of Congress increased dramatically; and both houses grew greatly in size.


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