How Congress Evolves —— Social Bases of Institutional Change

----- 国会如何发展:制度变迁的社会基础.

ISBN: 9780195161953 出版年：2011 页码：272 Polsby, Nelson W Oxford University Press

Introduction I. The House in Sam Rayburn's Time A Conservative House: 1937-1957 After the 1958 Election: Frustration The Rump Session of 1960 Packing the Rules Committee by Avoiding the Democratic Caucus: 1961 II. Toward Liberalization Succession to Rayburn Conflict within the Caucus: Liberals against the Leadership, 1963 Incremental Committee Packing: Appropriations, 1963 Republican Committee Packing: Maintaining the Party Mainstream, 1961-1963 The Landslide: 1964 The Democratic Study Group Uses the Caucus: 1967-72 Fallout from Watergate: The Caucus Puts Seniority under Siege A Remodeled House III. Causes of Liberalization The House Democratic Caucus The Rise of the Two-Party South Southern Republicans in the 1990s: A Group Portrait IV. Consequences: Toward a More Responsible Two-Party System? The Retreat from Bipartisanship in Committee Two Strategies of Opposition An Era of Ill-Feeling Tyranny Tempered by Assassination V. Overview: How Congress Evolves Innovation and Stalemate Overview of the House Stories about Change Appendix: Methods and Sources Notes Index