GOVT 3112

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GOVT 3112
Congress and the Legislative Process

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

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 Stdnt Opt

  •  7862 GOVT 3112   LEC 001

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  •  8337 GOVT 3112   DIS 201

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  •  8338 GOVT 3112   DIS 202

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  •  8557 GOVT 3112   DIS 203

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  •  9643 GOVT 3112   DIS 204

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