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Thinking About Congress - Essays on Congressional Change (Hardcover)
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Thinking About Congress - Essays on Congressional Change (Hardcover)
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In the mid-1970s, just when Congress seemed static and incapable of
rejuvenation, the institution experienced an unexpected and
transformative change. What accounted for this dynamic process and
continues to explain other more recent upheavals and waves of
reform? This volume charts the thinking of scholar Lawrence Dodd in
his development of theoretical explanations for congressional
change over time -- explained by members' pursuit of power,
institutional and electoral contexts, cyclical rhythms, social
learning, and polarization within society. Dodd's power cycle
theory, modeled here as a dynamic act of theory development itself,
takes shape to define an organizational cycle, an electoral cycle,
and a learning cycle in Congress. Dodd also begins to explore here
for the first time a fourth dimension of change, highlighting the
possibility that the very act of Congress's transformative change
and issue responsiveness may bring with it unseen and yet deep
structured dangers that threaten the cyclical resilience of
Congress. By showing an evolving multi-dimensional theory of
congressional change in process from essay to essay, this book
demonstrates the act of theory building, legitimizing this
sustained form of empirical political inquiry in its own right. A
new foreword from political scientist Eric Schickler sets the stage
for the ways tin which Dodd's work has been innovative in the field
of legislative studies.
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