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This book identifies enduring patterns of House leadership, explaining the effects of such factors as party strength, White House-congressional relations, leaders' formal prerogatives, members' expectations, public attitudes, shifts in the policy agenda, and leaders' personal attributes and style.

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Click here to preview chapter 1.Davidson, Oleszek, and Lee&BAD, :rsquo, s focus on Congress as both a legislative institution and as a group of reelection-minded politicians has proven to be an extraordinarily effective and accessible way for thousands of students to understand the institution and the law-making process. A proven classic, the twelfth edition of Congress and Its Members features careful revising, new scholarship, and crucial up...

The scholar-analysts who have contributed to this book examine and suggest answers to the publics doubts about the effectiveness of government agencies.

Much of this nation's political life and public policy have been shaped by a handful of powerful people--the leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives. Masters of the House identifies enduring patte

The scholar-analysts who have contributed to this book examine and suggest answers to the publics doubts about the effectiveness of government agencies.

The Fifteenth Edition covers the 2014 midterm elections and includes discussions of the agenda of the new Congress, White House-Capitol Hill relations, party and committee leadership changes, judicial appointments, and partisan polarization. Offering a balance of great scholarship and currency, this best seller features lively case material along with relevant data, charts, exhibits, maps, and photos. New and updated topics in the Fifteent...

Parliaments had been expected to decline in significance at the end of the 20th century, but instead they have developed new and vital political roles and have innovated their institutional structure in parliamentary committees, not only in a few parliaments, but as a global phenomenon.

Parliaments had been expected to decline in significance at the end of the 20th century, but instead they have developed new and vital political roles and have innovated their institutional structure in parliamentary committees, not only in a few parliaments, but as a global phenomenon.