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Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Congress as public mirror
• Congress and the quest for power, 1977
• Congress, the constitution and the crisis of legitimation, 1981
• Bicameralism in Congress: the changing partnership, with Edward Carmines, 1985
• The cycles of legislative change: building a dynamic model, 1986a
• A theory of Congressional cycles: solving the puzzle of change, 1986b
• Congress, the presidency and the American experience: a transformational perspective, 1991
• Congress and the politics of renewal: redressing the crisis of legitimation, 1993
• The new American politics: reflections on the early 1990s, 1995
• Re-envisioning Congress: theoretical perspectives on Congressional change, 2004, 2001/2005
• Making sense out of our exceptional Senate, 2002.

Author/Creator:

Dodd, Lawrence C., 1946-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Thinking about Congress: essays on Congressional change [by Dodd, L.C.]

Subjects:

United States Congress — History — 20th century

United States Congress — History — 21st century

United States — Politics and government — 1945-1989

United States — Politics and government — 1989-

United States Congress

Since 1900

Politics and government

United States

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-382) and index.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 394 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Call Numbers:

JK1041 .D63 2012

ISBNs:

9780415991551 (hc, alk. paper)
0415991552 (hc, alk. paper)
9780415991568 (pbk., alk. paper)
0415991560 (pbk., alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2011044267

OCLC Numbers:

759695887