Posted: September 13th, 2017

Congress Reconsidered book

Congress Reconsidered book

Resource:  Dodd, Oppenheimer. Congress Reconsidered. Sage/CQ Press, 2013, 10th edition.          ISBN # 978-1-4522-2782-5.

Critical analysis of FIVE articles, one from each part, from the Congress Reconsidered book –ten pages. Due Monday April 27.

Pick an article from each Part, five times, Take the article and do the following:

1.    The book has 5 parts; each part has multiple articles. Pick one article of each part to do a Critical analysis.
2.    The paper will be 10 pages and each analyzed article would be through 2 pages.
3.     Brief summary of the article like a paragraph, including what is the author discuss.
4.     The rest of 2 pages like page and half, will be How do your reflect or your opinion that agree or disagree.
5.    Do not review the book too much!

Book contents

Part I: Patterns and Dynamics of Congressional Change 1
1. The New World of U.S. Senators 1   (for example you pick this article)
Barbara Sinclair
2. The House in a Time of Crisis: Economic Turmoil and Partisan Upheaval 27?
Lawrence C. Dodd and Bruce I. Oppenheimer
3. Congresswomen’s Pursuit of Power in a Partisan Environment 59
Kathryn Pearson
Part II: Elections and Constituencies 91
4. Voters, Candidates, and Issues in Congressional Elections 91
Robert S. Erikson and Gerald C. Wright
5. Partisanship, Money, and Competition: Elections and the (for example you pick this article)
Transformation of Congress since the 1970s 117
Gary C. Jacobson
6. Parties, Members, and Campaign Contributions in the House of Representatives 145
William Bernhard and Tracy Sulkin
Part III: Parties and Committees 167
7. The Dynamics of Party Government in Congress 167
Steven S. Smith and Gerald Gamm
8. Richard Fenno’s Theory of Congressional Committees and the Partisan Polarization of the House 193?John H. Aldrich, Brittany N. Perry, and David W. Rohde
9. Filibustering and Parties in the Modern Senate (for example you pick this article)
Gregory Koger
10. Legislative Effectiveness and Representation
Craig Volden and Alan E. Wiseman
Par IV: Congress, the President, and Public Policy
11. Advice and Consent: The Politics of Confirming Federal Judges 265
Sarah A. Binder and Forrest Maltzman
12. Energy Legislation from the OPEC Embargo to Obama’s Sidestep of Congress 287?Bruce I. Oppenheimer
13. The Dynamics and Dysfunction of the Congressional Budget Process: From Inception to Deadlock 319 James A. Thurber (for example you pick this article)
14. Tax Policy Making and Fiscal Responsibility: Is Congress Capable of Doing Its Job? 347?Catherine E. Rudder
15. Congressional Leadership of War Opinion? Backlash Effects and the Polarization of Public Support for War 377 Douglas L. Kriner and William Howell

Part V Congress and Political Change 401
16.    The Modern Congress 401 ?Joseph Cooper ?(for example you pick this article)
17.    Party Polarization and Policy Productivity in Congress: From Harding to Obama 437?Lawrence C. Dodd and Scot Schraufnagel ?
18.    Congress and the Emerging Order: Assessing the 2012 Elections 465?Lawrence C. Dodd and Bruce I. Oppenheimer ?