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The Substance of Representation: Congress, American Political Development, and Lawmaking

  • Wendy J. Schiller

    Wendy Schiller is Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Brown University. She has authored or co-authored Gateways to Democracy: An Introduction to American Government (Cengage), The Contemporary Congress (Thomson-Wadsworth), and Partners and Rivals: Representation in US Senate Delegations (Princeton University Press). She has also published her research in the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and Studies in American Political Development.
Published/Copyright: February 8, 2014
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The Forum
From the journal The Forum Volume 11 Issue 4

Published Online: 2014-02-08
Published in Print: 2013-12-01

©2013 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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  15. Book Reviews
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https://doi.org/10.1515/for-2014-0014

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Masthead
  2. Masthead
  3. Editorial
  4. Introduction
  5. The Catholics and the Others: The Denominational Backdrop to Modern American Politics
  6. House Divided? Evangelical Catholics, Mainstream Catholics, and Attitudes toward Immigration and Life Policies
  7. Catholic Politics in the United States: Challenges in the Past, Present, and Future
  8. The American Catholic Church as a Political Institution
  9. Catholic Partisanship and the Presidential Vote in 2012: Testing Alternative Theories
  10. The Optional Preference? American Catholic Economic Advocacy and the Culture Wars
  11. The Politics of Denying Communion to Catholic Elected Officials
  12. John F. Kennedy and the Irish Catholic Political Tradition
  13. Catholic Social Teaching and American Politics: How Can a Church Contribute to Civic Dialogue in a Liberal Democracy?
  14. The Roman Catholic Church in “Protestant” America Today
  15. Book Reviews
  16. Wilson
  17. Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government
  18. The Substance of Representation: Congress, American Political Development, and Lawmaking
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