GOVT 3112

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GOVT 3112
Congress and the Legislative Process

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

The course will be a lecture course on Congress, introducing them to the political science literature on the topic and the major research questions and approaches. We will examine the development of the institution, including formal theories for congressional organization as well as historically and politically oriented accounts of rule changes, committee power, and party influence. We will also look at the determinants of legislative productivity and gridlock, approaches to measuring and analyzing congressional behavior, the changing role of the electoral connection, and the causes and consequences of polarization.

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8538 GOVT 3112   LEC 001

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  •  9374 GOVT 3112   DIS 201

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  •  9375 GOVT 3112   DIS 202

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  • 10145 GOVT 3112   DIS 203

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  • 18555 GOVT 3112   DIS 204

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