Author: Weisberg, Herbert F. & Patterson, Samuel C.; editors:
Title: Great Theatre: The American Congress in the 1990s
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (1998). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xviii,317 pp. Minor rubbing. Some page-edge soil. A label to rear cover. VG. ¶ Contains 12 papers. Includes: H.F. Weisberg & S.C. Patterson "Theatre in the Round: Congress in Action"; K.J. Whitby & F.D. Gilliam, Jr. " Representaiton in Congress: Line Drawing & Minorities"; S.C. Patterson & D.C. Kimball "Unsympathetic Audience: Citizens' Evaluations of Congress"; D. Lacy "Back from Intermission: The 1994 Elections & the Return to Divided Government"; P.S. Herrnson "Directing 535 Leading Men & Leading Ladies: Party Leadership in the Modern Congress"; T. Groseclose & D.C. King " Little Treatre: Committees in Congress"; B.C. Burden & A.R. Clausen "The Unfolding Drama: Party & Ideology in the 104th House"; B. Sinclair "The Plot Thickens: Congress & the President"; E.E. Slotnick & S. Goldman " Congress & the Courts: A Case of Casting"; L. Hausegger & L. Baum "Behind the Scenes: The Supreme Court & Congress in Statutory Interpretation"; R.B.Ripley "Congress & Foreign Policy: A Neglected Stage"; S.C. Patterson & H. F. Weisberg "'The Play's the Thing': Congress & Its Future".

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