Congress, Keystone of the Washington Establishment: Keystone of the Washington EstablishmentYale University Press, 01.01.1989 - 169 Seiten This highly readable book makes a strong case that a Washington establishment does exist and that members of Congress are responsible for it. Fiorina's description of the self-serving interconnections that have developed between Congress, bureaucrats, and citizens with special interests leads to provocative and disturbing conclusions about the way our political system works. First published in 1977, this greatly enlarged second edition discusses the new developments that have occurred over the past twelve years, provides supportive data through the 1988 election, and reveals Fiorina's current thoughts on Congress and American politics. Reviews of the first edition: "A stimulating indictment of the role of Congress in perpetuating a triangle of self-interest: constituents want benefits at someone else's expense; Congressmen, seeking reelection, try to oblige; bureaucrats want growth for their agencies and accordingly provide favors for Congressmen. The general welfare is ill-served."--Foreign Affairs "A fascinating book . . . on the factors which keep members of Congress in office . . . . A tract that no student of Congress can afford to neglect."--Eric M. Uslaner, American Political Science Review "Written with insight, originality, and verve."--Washington Monthly |
Inhalt
Introduction | 3 |
The Case of the Vanishing Marginals | 12 |
A Tale of Two Districts | 29 |
The Rise of the Washington Establishment | 37 |
Some Loose Ends | 48 |
Alternative Views | 67 |
Alternatives or a Developmental | 74 |
Some MorethanCircumstantial Evidence | 88 |
This Book Is Not Immoral | 104 |
No Conspiracies | 110 |
What about Senate Elections? | 115 |
Subcommittee Government | 121 |
Looking Back and Looking Ahead | 130 |
Notes | 143 |
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The Ugly | 94 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
100th Congress academic activities agencies American Enterprise Institute American Political Science appears argument Brookings Institution bureaucracy campaign career casework challengers chapter citizens committee congressional districts Congressional Elections Congressional Quarterly congressional staff congressional vote constituency service David Mayhew decline discussion district offices edition electoral evidence example expand favors federal Ferejohn Fiorina goals gressmen House elections important increased Incumbency Advantage incumbency effect individual institutional interest groups issues Jimmy Carter Keystone legislative less liaison major Malbin marginal districts members of Congress ment motives Norman Ornstein observers Ornstein outcomes partisan party identification Percent Democratic personal staff Political Science Political Science Review political scientists pork barrel president presidential problem programs public policy rational-choice Reagan redistricting reelection representatives Republican Richard Fenno Ronald Reagan Running Scared seat self-interest Senate elections sional spending studies subcommittee subgovernments tion U.S. Congress University Press Vanishing Marginals voters Washington establishment Washington system
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