Great theatre the American Congress in the 1990s
The 104th Congress, the first in four decades to be Republican-controlled, may prove to have ushered in an era of party dominance by congressional Republicans, or to be a transitory aberration. Either way, the 104th is a watershed in congressional history. Using the theatre metaphor to characterize...
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Cambridge University Press
1998
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- 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
- The unfolding drama : party and ideology in the 104th House / Barry C. Burden and Aage R. Clausen
- The 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
- "The play's the thing" : Congress and the future / Samuel C. Patterson and Herbert F. Weisberg