An edition of Competing Principals (1997)

Competing principals

committees, parties, and the organization of Congress

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An edition of Competing Principals (1997)

Competing principals

committees, parties, and the organization of Congress

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Since Woodrow Wilson, political scientists have recognized the importance of congressional committees in the policy-making process. Congressional committees often determine what legislation will reach the floor of the House or Senate and what form that legislation will take. In spite of the broad consensus on the importance of congressional committees, there is little agreement on what explains committee action.

Committees are alternately viewed as agents of the chamber, the party caucuses, or constituencies outside the institution. Each theory suggests a different distribution of power in the policy-making process.

Forrest Maltzman argues that none of these models fully captures the role performed by congressional committees, and that committee members attempt to balance the interests of the chamber, the party caucus, and outside constituencies. Over time, and with the changing importance of a committee's agenda to these groups, the responsiveness of members of committees will vary.

Maltzman argues that the responsiveness of committees to these groups is driven by changes in procedure, the strength of the party caucus, and the salience of a committee's agenda. Maltzman tests his theory against historical data and finds support for his conditional theory of committee performance.

The book will appeal to social scientists interested in the study of Congress and legislative bodies as well as those interested in studying the impact of institutional structure on the policy-making process.

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Competing Principals: Committees, Parties, and the Organization of Congress
January 1999, University of Michigan Press
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Competing principals: committees, parties, and the organization of Congress
1997, University of Michigan Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-191) and index.
Paper presented at a panel during the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association held in 1990 in San Francisco.

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Ann Arbor, Mich

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Dewey Decimal Class
328.73/0765
Library of Congress
JK1029 .M185 1997, JK1029.M185 1997

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Pagination
ix, 197 p. :
Number of pages
197

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Open Library
OL1010919M
Internet Archive
competingprincip0000malt
ISBN 10
047210781X
LCCN
96051494
OCLC/WorldCat
36017270
Amazon ID (ASIN)
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4162188

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