Contemporary Congress

The only text published with each new Congress THE CONTEMPORARY CONGRESS is aconcise yet comprehensive and analytical text that can be used as asupplement but c... » 

The only text published with each new Congress THE CONTEMPORARY CONGRESS is aconcise yet comprehensive and analytical text that can be used as asupplement but covers all the foundations of a course on Congress. From theunderlying theory of representative democracy and the process of elections tocommittee dynamics and the legislative process on the House and Senate floor tothe relationship between Congress and the Presidency under unified and dividedparty government THE CONTEMPORARY CONGRESS offers students a succinct andcomprehensive view into the rules politics and party strategy that determinethe policy decisions made every day in the U.S. Congress which is especiallyimportant in the contemporary era of strong Republican Party government. «