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The tenth edition of this respected textbook provides a fresh perspective and a crisp introduction to congressional politics. Informed by the authors๏ฟฝ...
This reader compiles the best relevant scholarship on party and committee systems, leadership, voting, and floor activity to broaden and illuminate th...
Party Influence in Congress challenges current arguments and evidence about the influence of political parties in the US Congress. Steven S. Smith arg...
Filibustering in the United States Senate
The filibuster has achieved almost mythic proportions in the history of American politics, but it has escaped a careful, critical assessment for more ...
The ninth edition of this respected textbook provides a fresh perspective and a crisp introduction to congressional politics. Informed by the authors'...
The Formation of the Russian State Duma
Events in Russia since the late 1980s have created a rare opportunity to watch the birth of democratic institutions close at hand. Here Steven Smith a...
Providing a comprehensive examination of the origins, development, and status of committees and committee systems in both the House and Senate, this e...
Provides an introduction to the Supreme Court, its justices and how it selects and decides cases....
The Evolution of Procedural Warfare in the Modern U.S. Senate
With its rock-bottom approval ratings, acrimonious partisan battles, and apparent inability to do its legislative business, the U.S. Senate might easi...
Partisan Conflict and Post-Passage Processes in the U.S. Congress
Analyzes the impacts of partisanship, polarization, and institutional reforms on how the U.S. Congress resolves inter-cameral differences...
Floor Politics in the House and Senate
In Call to Order, Smith outlines how a fairly stable period of Congressional reform in the 1950s and the early 1960s erupted into a turbulent period o...
The 2008 U.S. presidential campaign has provided a lifetimes...
Party Influence in Congress challenges current arguments and evidence about the influence of political parties in the U.S. Congress. Steven S. Smith a...
A Supplement to Accompany The American Congress
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The Evolution of Procedural Warfare in the Modern U. S. Senate
This obstruct-and-restrict syndrome is new to the Senate. In this paper, I report how the Senate, a body of legislators who long took pride in the inf...
Adaption and Innovation in Special Rules
The "postreform" House of Representatives of the 1980's is strikingly different from the House of the 1970s. A most important change is the increasing...
Adaptation and Innovation in Special Rules
Explains the ways special rules are used to shape debate and decision making in the House of Representatives...
The Emergence of Party Organization and Leadership, 1789-2024
Political Goals, Uncertainty, Institutional Context, and the Choice of an Electoral System
What's Next for Obama and the Republicans
Logic now with a free supplement analyzing the midterm elections. Coming in December, this valuable supplement will provide an insider's guide to the ...