Readings | Congress and the American Political System I | Political Science

Texts

Stewart, Charles, III. Analyzing Congress. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2001. ISBN 9780393976267.

Mayhew, David. Congress: The Electoral Connection. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1975. ISBN: 9780300018097.

Dodd, Lawrence C., and Bruce I. Oppenheimer. Congress Reconsidered. 7th ed. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2000. ISBN: 9781568024875.

Readings by Class Session

Readings List
Lec #	Topics	READINGS
1	Introduction
2	Unidimensional Spatial Model	Analyzing Congress. Chapter 1, pp. 3-22 and 45-46.
3	Constitutional Origins of Congress	Analyzing Congress. Chapter 2, Appendix B. Stewart. "The Constitutional Origins of Congress."
4	Origin and Development of Congress	Analyzing Congress. Chapter 3.
5	Origin and Development of Congress (cont.)
6	Congressional Candidates	Analyzing Congress. Chapter 4. Dodd, and Oppenheimer. Chapters 4 and 6.
7	Congressional Candidates (cont.)
8	Congressional Voters	Analyzing Congress. Chapter 5.
9	Congressional Voters (cont.)
10	Congressional Voters (cont.)
11	Congressional Voters (cont.)
12	Regulating Congressional Elections	Analyzing Congress. Chapter 6. Dodd, and Oppenheimer. Chapter 5.
13	Regulating Congressional Elections (cont.)
14	Regulating Congressional Elections (cont.)
15	Midterm
16	Multidimensional Spatial Model	Analyzing Congress. Chapter 1, pp. 22-45.
17	Congressional Parties and Leadership	Analyzing Congress. Chapter 7. Dodd, and Oppenheimer. Chapter 2.
18	Congressional Parties and Leadership (cont.)
19	Congressional Committees	Anayzing Congress. Chapter 8. Dodd, and Oppenheimer. Chapters 7, 8, and 9.
20	Congressional Committees (cont.)
21	Rules of the Chamber/Roll Call Voting	Analyzing Congress. Chapter 9.
22	Rules of the Chamber/Roll Call Voting (cont.)
23	Paper Presentations
24	Review/Wrap-up	Mayhew. (All)