A study of the process by which members of Congress arrive at roll call voting decisions
Preface to the Third Edition
vii
Preface to the Second Edition
viii
Preface to the First Edition
ix
Introduction to the Third Edition
xi
PART I. INTRODUCTION
1
(26)
Introduction
3
(24)
PART II. THE ACTORS
27
(198)
The Constituency
29
(43)
Fellow Congressmen
72
(38)
Party Leadership and Ranking Committee Members
110
(36)
Interest Groups
146
(31)
Administration and Executive Branch
177
(24)
The Staff
201
(9)
The Media and Other Reading
210
(15)
PART III. DECISION-MAKING
225
(72)
Decision Problems and Information
227
(15)
The Consensus Mode of Decision
242
(20)
Preconsensus Processes
262
(20)
Structural Decision Features
282
(15)
PART IV. APPENDIXES
297
(44)
A. Sampling
299
(8)
B. Interviewing Procedure
307
(3)
C. Coding
310
(2)
D. Variables and Indexes
312
(7)
E. Actor-Vote Agreement Analysis
319
(7)
F. The Consensus Decision Model
326
(15)
Index
341
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