1/27 Introduction; The Study of Government and Politics; American Political Culture: Liberalism; The Madisonian Republic: The Theory of American Government.

2/3 American Constitutionalism and Congress; Theoretical Perspectives: The Analysis of Congress

Davidson & Oleszek Part I  & chapter 5; Weisberg, et al., Chapter 1; American Constitutionalism and Congress; Representation: Weisberg, et al., Part II; Loomis, Chapters 1 & 2.
   Additional Readings:
Ralph K. Huitt, "Congress: Retrospect and Prospect"
Lloyd N. Cutler, "To Form a Government" Foreign Affairs 59 (1): 126-143, Fall 1980.

2/10 Theoretical Perspectives: The Micro Level-The individual member

David Mayhew, "The Electoral Connection"
Lawrence C. Dodd, "Congress and the Quest for Power."
Dodd's review of Mayhew's, "The Electoral Connection"
Another review of Mayhew's, "The Electoral Connection"
  Gary Jacobson "The Marginals Never Vanished: Incumbency and Competition in Elections to the U. S. House of Representatives, 1952-1982"
Bauer and Hibbing "Which Incumbents Lose in House Elections: A Response to Jacobson's
"The Marginals Never Vanished"
  Miller and Stokes "Constituency Influence in Congress"
  Charles S. Bullock, III, "Freshman Committee Assignments and Re-election in the United States House of Representatives"
John R. Johannes, "Explaining Congressional Casework Styles"

2/17 Exam Bring an 8.5 x 11 "Blue Book"

2/24 Congressional Elections and Political Parties

Davidson & Oleszek Chapter 3, 4, 6; Weisberg, et al., Part III; Loomis, Chapter 4 & 7.

Elections
Barbara Hinckley, "The American Voter in Congressional Elections
Bond, Covington and Fleisher, "Explaining Challenger Quality in Congressional Elections"
Mann and Wolfinger, "Candidates and Parties in Congressional Elections"
Gary Jacobson, "The Effects of Campaign Spending in Congressional Elections"
John Ferejohn, "On the Decline of Competition in Congressional Elections"
D. Roderick Kiewiet, Mathew D. McCubbins, "Congressional Appropriations and the Electoral Connection"
Rebekah Herrick, Michael K. Moore, John R. Hibbing "Unfastening the Electoral Connection: The Behavior of U.S. Representatives when Reelection Is No Longer a Factor"
Robert M. Stein, Kenneth N. Bickers, "Congressional Elections and the Pork Barrel"
Robin F. Marra, Charles W. Ostrom, Jr., "Explaining Seat Change in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1950-86" American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 33, No. 3. (Aug., 1989), pp.  541-569.

Representation
Warren E. Miller, Donald E. Stokes, "Constituency Influence in Congress" The American Political Science Review, Vol. 57, No. 1. (Mar., 1963), pp. 45-56.
James A. Stimson, Michael B. Mackuen, Robert S. Erikson, "Dynamic Representation"
Donald J. McCrone, James H. Kuklinski, "The Delegate Theory of Representation" American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 23, No. 2. (May, 1979), pp. 278-300
Kenneth A. Shepsle, "Representation and Governance: The Great Legislative Trade-off" Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 103, No. 3. (Autumn, 1988), pp. 461-484.

Parties
Brady and Althoff "Party Voting in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1890-1910: Elements of a Responsible Party System "
Brady and Stewart, "Congressional Party Realignment and Transformations of Public Policy in Three Realignment Eras"
Review of Cox and McCubbins, "Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House."
Cooper and Brady "Institutional Context and Leadership Style: The House from Cannon to Rayburn"
Burdett A. Loomis, "Congressional Careers and Party Leadership in the Contemporary House of Representatives"

3/2 No Class

3/9 Theoretical Perspectives: The Middle Range-Congressional Leadership

Davidson & Oleszek Chapter 8 & 9; Weisberg, et al., Part VI; Loomis, Chapter 7.
Barbara Hinckley, "Congressional Leadership Selection and Support: A Comparative Analysis" The Journal of Politics, Vol. 32, No. 2. (May., 1970), pp. 268-287.
Garrison Nelson, "Partisan Patterns of House Leadership Change, 1789-1977"  The American Political Science Review, Vol. 71, No. 3. (Sep., 1977), pp. 918-939.
Robert L. Peabody, "Party Leadership Change in the United States House of Representatives"  The American Political Science Review, Vol. 61, No. 3. (Sep., 1967), pp. 675-693.
Barbara Sinclair, "The Emergence of Strong Leadership in the 1980s House of Representatives"
Garrison Nelson, "Partisan Patterns of House Leadership Change, 1789-1977"
Robert L. Peabody, "Party Leadership Change in the United States House of Representatives"
Nelson W. Polsby, Miriam Gallaher, Barry Spencer Rundquist, "The Growth of the Seniority System in the U. S. House of Representatives"  The American Political Science Review, Vol. 63, No. 3. (Sep., 1969), pp. 787-807.
John D. Baker, "The Character of the Congressional Revolution of 1910"  The Journal of American History, Vol. 60, No. 3. (Dec., 1973), pp. 679-691.
How a Bill Becomes a Law
Asher C. Hinds, "The Speaker of the House of Representatives" The American Political Science Review, Vol. 3, No. 2. (May., 1909), pp. 155-166.

3/9 Committees and Subcommittees

  Davidson & Oleszek Chapter 7; Weisberg, et al., Part V; Loomis, Chapter 5.
Review of Fenno's "Congressmen in Committees"
Review of Fenno's "Congressmen in Committees"
  Barbara Hinckley "Seniority in the Committee Leadership Selection of Congress"
  David E. Price, "Policy Making in Congressional Committees: The Impact of "Environmental" Factors"
  Forrest Maltzman, "Meeting Competing Demands: Committee Performance in the Postreform House"
  Ralph K. Huitt, "The Congressional Committee: A Case Study"
  Diana Evans "Policy and Pork: The Use of Pork Barrel Projects to Build Policy Coalitions in the House of Representatives"
  Kenneth A. Shepsle, "Representation and Governance: The Great Legislative Trade-off" Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 103, No. 3. (Autumn, 1988), pp. 461-484.
  Sidney Waldman, "Majority Leadership in the House of Representatives"  Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 95, No. 3. (Autumn, 1980), pp. 373-393.
  Kenneth A. Shepsle, Barry R. Weingast, "The Institutional Foundations of Committee Power" The American Political Science Review, Vol. 81, No. 1. (Mar., 1987), pp. 85-104.

  3/16 Exam Bring an 8.5 x 11 "Blue Book"

3/23 Theoretical Perspectives: The Macro Level-The Institutional level of Congress and the President

The Executive Davidson & Oleszek Part 4; Loomis, Chapter 8.
  Garret Hardin, "Tragedy of the Commons"
  Durr, Gilmour, and Wolbrecht, "Explaining Congressional Approval"
  David W. Rohde, Dennis M. Simon, "Presidential Vetoes and Congressional Response: A Study of Institutional Conflict"
  Kiewiet and McCubbins "Presidential Influence on Congressional Appropriations Decisions"
  William F. West, Joseph Cooper, "Legislative Influence v. Presidential Dominance: Competing Models of Bureaucratic Control"

3/30 No Class- spring break

4/6 Congress and the Bureaucracy

Fiorina, "Congress: Keystone of the Washington Establishment." Weisberg, et al., #7 Fenno.]
  Fenno, Homestyle.
Fiorina's argument
Review of Fiorina
Review of Fiorina
Reply to Fiorina
  Richard F. Fenno, Jr. "U.S. House Members in Their Constituencies: An Exploration" The American Political Science Review, Vol. 71, No. 3. (Sep., 1977), pp. 883-917.
  McCubbins and Schwartz, "Congressional Oversight Overlooked: Police Patrols versus Fire Alarms"
  Gary J. Miller & Terry M. Moe, "Bureaucrats, Legislators, and the Size of Government"
  Robert Ash Wallace, "Congressional Control of the Budget"

4/13 Midterm Bring an 8.5 x 11 "Blue Book"

4/20 Theoretical Perspectives: Congressional Change--

Dodd "Congress, the Constituion and the Crisis of Legitimation"
Samuel Huntington "Congressional Responses to the Twentieth Century"
Polsby "Institutionalization of the U. S. House of Representatives" The American Political Science Review, Vol. 62, No. 1. (Mar., 1968), pp. 144-168.
Ronald C. Moe, Steven C. Teel "Congress as Policy-Maker: A Necessary Reappraisal"  Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 85, No. 3. (Sep., 1970), pp. 443-47

4/27 The Contemporary Congress Thurber & Davidson; The Future of Congress; Conclusion.

Loomis, Chapter 10]; The Future of Congress; Conclusion; Davidson & Oleszek Conclusion.

1. Term Limits
2. Campaign FinanceReform

5/4 Final Exam. N.B. the exam is this night; there is not an exam schedule for Continuing Ed. Bring a "Blue Book."