The American Congress Reader (The American Congress 6ed and The American Congress Reader Pack Two Volume Paperback Set) - Softcover

Smith, Steven S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521720192 ISBN 13: 9780521720199

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

The American Congress Reader is a supplement to the American Congress textbook.

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About the Authors

Steven S. Smith is Kate M. Gregg Professor of Social Sciences and Director of the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St Louis. He has authored or co-authored seven books and many articles on congressional politics, including Call to Order: Floor Politics in the House and Senate, Party Influence in Congress, and Politics or Principle: Filibustering in the US Senate, and has coauthored several articles and a book on Russian parliamentary politics. He is a former Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and has taught at the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, and George Washington University.

Jason M. Roberts is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. His research interests include American politics, the US Congress, elections, and Supreme Court nominations. He has published articles in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, and Congress and the Presidency.

Ryan J. Vander Wielen is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Temple University. He was previously a Fellow in the Political Institutions and Public Choice program at Michigan State University and at the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St Louis. He has recently been published in Political Analysis and Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521720192
• ISBN 13: 9780521720199
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480