How Congress evolves : social bases of institutional change /
In this tale of one of America's most august institutions, Nelson Polsby argues that among other things, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Congress evolved. In short, Polsby argues that air conditioning altered the demography of the Southern States, which in turn changed the political parties of the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In this tale of one of America's most august institutions, Nelson Polsby argues that among other things, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Congress evolved. In short, Polsby argues that air conditioning altered the demography of the Southern States, which in turn changed the political parties of the South, which transformed the composition and in due course the performance of the US House of Representatives. This evolutionary process led to the House's liberalization and later to its transformation into an arena of sharp partisanship, visible among both Democrats and Republicans. This book breathes new life into the dusty corners of institutional history, and offers an explanation for important transformations in the congressional environment. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-250) and index. |
| ISBN: | 142372691X 9781423726913 1280503262 9781280503269 0195161955 9780195161953 9780199850235 0199850232 9780195182965 0195182960 9780198036654 0198036655 |