| Contents |
Preface. -- Richard Fenno's conventional wisdom / William T. Bianco. -- Explaining institutional change : soaking, poking, and modeling in the U.S. Congress / John H. Aldrich and Kenneth A. Shepsle. -- Building reputations and shaping careers : the strategies of individual agendas in the U.S. Senate / Wendy J. Schiller. -- Majority party leadership, strategic choice, and committee power : appropriations in the House, 1995-98 / Bryan W. Marshall, Brandon C. Prins, and David W. Rohde. -- What we don't know about Congressional Party leadership / Richard Forgette. -- Preferences and governance in the U.S. House of Representatives : the Great Republican experiment / Christine DeGregorio. -- Republican House Majority party leadership in the 104th and 105th Congresses : innovation and continuity / Barbara Sinclair. -- Can advisory committees facilitate congressional oversight of the bureaucracy? / Steven J. Balla and John R. Wright. -- Representation, careerism and term limits : a simulation / Linda L. Fowler and Brian Frederking. -- Understanding presentation of self / William T. Bianco. -- Member goals and party switching in the U.S. Congress / David Castle and Patrick J. Fett. -- The distribution of pork barrel projects and vote buying in congress / Diana Evans. -- Congress, the President, and the unrealized bargaining power of the line-item veto : a brief note on a short-lived law / Patrick J. Fett, Jeffrey S. Hill, and Richard Delaney |
