Disjointed Pluralism Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U. S. Congress

Name: Disjointed Pluralism Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U. S. Congress
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ISBN: 9780691049267

ISBN-10: 0691049262

ISBN-13: 9780691049267

Edition: 2001

Authors: Eric Schickler

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From the 1910 overthrow of "Czar" Joseph Cannon to the reforms enacted when Republicans took over the House in 1995, institutional change within the U.S. Congress has been both a product and a shaper of congressional politics. For several decades, scholars have explained this process in terms of a particular collective interest shared by members, be it partisanship, reelection worries, or policy motivations. Eric Schickler makes the case that it is actually interplay among multiple interests that determines institutional change. In the process, he explains how congressional institutions have proved remarkably adaptable and yet consistently frustrating for members and outside observers…

Book details

List price: $61.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 5/6/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 6.57" wide x 9.13" long x 1.05" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Acknowledgments



Disjointed Pluralism and Institutional Change



Institutional Development, 1890-1910: An Experiment in Party Government



Institutional Development, 1919-1932: Cross-Party Coalitions, Bloc Government, and Republican Rule



Institutional Development, 1937-1952: The Conservative Coalition, Congress against the Executive, and Committee Government



Institutional Development, 1970-1989: A Return to Party Government or the Triumph of Individualism?



Understanding Congressional Change


Epilogue. Institutional Change in the 1990s



Case Selection



Votes Pertaining to Institutional Changes in Each Period


Notes


References


Index