Critical Elections and Congressional Policy Making

By David W. Brady

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804718407
• ISBN13: 9780804718400
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"