| Critical Elections and Congressional Policy Making Contributor(s): Brady, David W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804718407 ISBN-13: 9780804718400 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1991 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 328.730 |
| Series: Stanford Studies in the New Political History |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 228 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
