Why Congressional Reforms Fail Reelection and the House Committee System

Name: Why Congressional Reforms Fail Reelection and the House Committee System
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ISBN: 9780226007564

ISBN-10: 0226007561

ISBN-13: 9780226007564

Edition: 2002

Authors: E. Scott Adler

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For decades, advocates of congressional reforms have attempted to clean up the House Committee system, without success. Using extensive evidence, Adler shows a system conditioned to fail.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/15/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 263
Size: 0.64" wide x 0.90" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Introduction: Why Is Congressional Structure So "Sticky"?



Understanding a Gains-from-Exchange Theory of Committee Structure and Change



Demand-Side Theory and Congressional Committee Composition: A Constituency Characteristics Approach



Distrubitve Politics and Federal Outlays



The Postwar Failure of Congressional Reform: The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946



Protecting Turf in a Reform Era: Distributive Politics and Congressional Committee Reform in the 93rd Congress



Committee Reforms under Partisan Politics



Conclusion: Beyond "Instituational Navel Gazing"


Notes


References


Index