The substance of representation : Congress, American political development, and lawmaking / / John S. Lapinski

• Autore: Lapinski John S. <1967->
• Pubblicazione: Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2013
• Edizione: Course Book
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Disciplina: 328.73
• Soggetto topico: Legislation - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government
• Soggetto non controllato: 95th Congress; American democracy; American lawmaking; American political development; American politics; Congress; Congressional behaviour; House of Representatives; Theodore Lowi; U.S. Comgress; U.S. Congress; U.S. lawmakers; U.S. senators; congressional studies; contemporary lawmaking; deductive theory; elite polarization; elite political polarization; lawmaking; legislation; legislative accomplishment; legislative behavior; legislative output; legislative productivity; normal science; policy classification schemas; policy issue area; policy issue substance; policy substance; policy-coding schema; policymaking process; policymaking; political behavior; political polarization; political preferences; politics; roll call votes; roll call voting; substance-oriented research
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I. Policy Issue Substance and the Revitalization of Legislative Studies -- Chapter II. Bringing Policy Issue Substance Back In -- Chapter III. Political Polarization and Issues: A New Perspective -- Chapter IV. The Case Studies: Policy Issue Substance and the Political Behavior of Members of Congress (with David Bateman) -- Chapter V. Legislative Accomplishment and Policy Issue Substance -- Chapter VI. Explaining Lawmaking in the United States, 1877-1994 -- Chapter VII. At the Crossroads: Policy Issue Substance, Congress, and American Political Development -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: Lawmaking is crucial to American democracy because it completely defines and regulates the public life of the nation. Yet despite its importance, political scientists spend very little time studying the direct impact that the politics surrounding a particular issue has on lawmaking. The Substance of Representation draws on a vast range of historical and empirical data to better understand how lawmaking works across different policy areas. Specifically, John Lapinski introduces a theoretically grounded method for parsing policy issues into categories, and he shows how policymaking varies in predictable ways based on the specific issue area being addressed. Lapinski examines the ways in which key factors that influence policymaking matter for certain types of policy issues, and he includes an exhaustive look at how elite political polarization shifts across these areas. He considers how Congress behaves according to the policy issue at hand, and how particular areas--such as war, sovereignty issues, and immigration reform--change legislative performance. Relying on records of all Congressional votes since Reconstruction and analyzing voting patterns across policy areas from the late nineteenth to late twentieth centuries, Lapinski provides a comprehensive historical perspective on lawmaking in order to shed light on current practices. Giving a clear picture of Congressional behavior in the policymaking process over time, The Substance of Representation provides insights into the critical role of American lawmaking.
• Titolo autorizzato: The substance of representation
• ISBN: 0-691-13782-X; 1-4008-4863-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815811303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Princeton studies in American politics.