Great Theatre: The American Congress in the 1990s

ISBN: 9780521585255 出版年：1998 页码：337 Herbert F Weisberg Samuel C Patterson Cambridge University Press

Figures and tables Preface Contributors Part I. Introduction: 1. Theatre in the round: congress in action Herbert F. Weisberg and Samuel C. Patterson Part II. Congress and its Audience 2. Representation in congress: line drawing and minorities Kenny J. Whitby and Franklin D. Gilliam Jr 3. Unsympathetic audience: citizens' evaluations of congress Samuel C. Patterson and David C. Kimball 4. Back from intermission: the 1994 elections and the return to divided government Dean Lacy Part III. Congress at Play: 5. Directing 535 leading men and leading ladies: party leadership in the modern congress Paul S. Herrnson 6. Little theatre: committees in congress Tim Groseclose and David C. King 7. The unfolding drama: party and ideology in the 104th house Barry C. Burden and Aage R. Clausen Part IV. Congress and Other Actors: 8. The plot thickens: congress and the president Barbara Sinclair 9. Congress and the courts: a case of casting Elliot E. Slotnick and Sheldon Goldman 10. Behind the scenes: the Supreme Court and congress in statutory interpretation Lori Hausegger and Lawrence Baum 11. Congress and foreign policy: a neglected stage Randall B. Ripley Part V. Conclusion: 12. 'The play's the thing': congress and the future Samuel C. Patterson and Herbert F. Weisberg References Index.