Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving

Name: Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving
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ISBN: 9781107670310

ISBN-10: 1107670314

ISBN-13: 9781107670310

Edition: 2012

Authors: E. Scott Adler, John D. Wilkerson

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How do issues end up on the agenda? Why do lawmakers routinely invest in program oversight and broad policy development? What considerations drive legislative policy change? For many, Congress is an institution consumed by partisan bickering and gridlock. Yet the institution's long history of addressing significant societal problems – even in recent years – seems to contradict this view. Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving argues that the willingness of many voters to hold elected officials accountable for societal conditions is central to appreciating why Congress responds to problems despite the many reasons mustered for why it cannot. The authors show that, across decades of…

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List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/14/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 262
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.90" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

John Wilkerson is the Director of the Center for American Politics and Public Policy at the University of Washington. He is a principal investigator of the Congressional Bills Project, the Policy Agendas Project and the Comparative Agendas Project. His research has been published by leading scholarly journals including the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics and Legislative Studies Quarterly. He teaches American politics and created the award-winning online congressional simulation, LegSim. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in 1991.



Part I



Congress and the politics of problem solving



Problem-focused voters and congressional accountability



Congressional approval and incumbent accountability






Problem-solving constraints and legislative institutions



Agenda scarcity, problem solving, and temporary legislation






Rethinking committee reform



Agenda setting in a problem-solving legislature






Problem solving and policy focal points



Problem solving and policy change



Problem solving and American politics