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Title Great theatre : the American Congress in the 1990s / edited by Herbert F. Weisberg, Samuel C. Patterson.

Imprint Cambridge, [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, c1998.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  328.73072 G798    ---  Available
Description xviii, 317 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-317) and index.
Contents Theatre in the round : Congress in action / Herbert F. Weisberg and Samuel C. Patterson -- Representation in Congress : line drawing and minorities / Kenny J. Whitby and Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. -- Unsympathetic audience : citizens' evaluations of Congress / Samuel C. Patterson and David C. Kimball -- Back from intermission : the 1994 elections and the return to divided government / Dean Lacy -- Directing 535 leading men and leading ladies : party leadership in the modern Congress / Paul S. Herrnson -- Little theatre : committees in Congress / Tim Groseclose and David C. King -- Unfolding drama : party and ideology in the 104th House / Barry C. Burden and Aage R. Clausen -- Plot thickens : Congress and the president / Barbara Sinclair -- Congress and the courts : a case of casting / Elliot E. Slotnick and Sheldon Goldman -- Behind the scenes : the Supreme Court and Congress in statutory interpretation / Lori Hausegger and Lawrence Baum -- Congress and foreign policy : a neglected stage / Randall B. Ripley -- "Play's the thing" : Congress and the future / Samuel C. Patterson and Herbert F. Weisberg.
Subject United States. Congress.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001
Added Author Weisberg, Herbert F.
Patterson, Samuel Charles, 1931-
ISBN 0521585252 (pbk.)
052158518X

 
    
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