附註:"Earlier versions of most of these papers were delivered at the Indiana University Conference on Congress and Policy Change in April 1983"--Acknowledgments.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A theory of congressional cycles / Lawrence C. Dodd -- Electoral realignments in the U.S. House of Representatives / David W. Brady -- The politics and policy of race in Congress / Edward G. Carmines and James A. Stimson -- Elections and the potential for policy change in Congress / Gerald C. Wright, Jr. -- Adjusting to the U.S. Senate / Richard F. Fenno, Jr. -- Campaign learning, congressional behavior, and policy change / Marjorie Randon Hershey -- Party leadership and policy change / Barbara Sinclair -- Blocking coalitions and policy change / Roberta Herzberg -- Logrolling in an institutional context / John Ferejohn -- Congress and policy change : issues, answers, and prospects / Leroy N. Rieselbach.
