| Collation |
xiii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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| Contents |
Measuring legislative effectiveness -- The keys to majority-party effectiveness in Congress -- A tale of three minorities -- Gridlock and effective lawmaking, issue by issue -- The habits of highly effective lawmakers -- The future of legislative effectiveness. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index. |
| Summary |
"This book explores why some members of Congress are more effective than others at navigating the legislative process and what this means for how Congress is organized and what policies it produces. Craig Volden and Alan E. Wiseman develop a new metric of individual legislator effectiveness (the Legislative Effectiveness Score) that will be of interest to scholars, voters, and politicians alike. They use these scores to study party influence in Congress, the successes or failures of women and African Americans in Congress, policy gridlock, and the specific strategies that lawmakers employ to advance their agendas"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
United States. Congress.
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Coalition governments -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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| Alt Author |
Wiseman, Alan E.
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| ISBN |
9780521761529 (hardback) |
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0521761522 (hardback) |
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9780521152266 (pbk.) |
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0521152267 (pbk.) |
| ISBN/ISSN |
40024257931 |
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