By Karl A. Lamb
July 01, 1998
This book examines the frequent reasonable disagreements of U.S. senators Paul Sarbanes and Dick Lugar, and finds in aspects of their life experiences reasons why they take particular positions and cast specific votes....
By Kelly Tzoumis
December 17, 2009
Utilizing current natural resource policies, this work effectively shows how the wetlands fit a dominance model, the Great Lakes is a bounded model, and wildlife is labeled as a valence model. A must read for all interested in congressional policymaking, this book breaks new ground in our ...
By Harvey L. Schantz
December 17, 2009
This book describes, explains, and reflects upon the 1996 presidential and congressional elections, devoting equal coverage to three phases of the political process: the major party nominations, the general election, and the subsequent government organization. In doing so, this study links ...
By Timothy J. Barnett
December 21, 2009
Legislative Learning breaks new theoretical and descriptive ground in examining the political perceptions, policy principles and power plays of the influential 104th Republican freshmen in the U.S. House. This even-handed book builds on the work of leading congressional scholars, and provides a ...
By Richard A. Jr Hays
December 17, 2009
This book addresses the central question of how the interests of the poor gain representation in the political process by examining the interest group system....
By Kathryn D. Tenpas
May 23, 2003
First published in 1998. It is with great pleasure that we introduce the inaugural volume in the series “Politics and Policy in American Institutions.” The series strives to show the interaction of American political institutions within the context of public policymaking. Presidents as Candidates ...