General Perspectives on Legislatures Gerhard Loewenberg, all*** On Legislatures: Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, Required: Chs 3, 4, 7, Why Nations Fail: 10, 11; strongly recommended: Chs 5, 6, 8, 9; the remainder of the book is helpful in grasping comparative and third world applications of their argument. The Emergence and Evolution of Legislatures in America: General Patterns Peverill Squire, Chap 1. *** The Evolution of American Legislatures, Nelson Polsby, Institutionalization of the U. S. of Representatives,” “The APSR, Vol 62 (1968): 144-168. *** David Mayhew, and Chapters 1, 2*** America’s Congress, “Introduction” Studying American Legislative Development: Snapshots Across Time Zelizer, Chs 1, 11, 13, 18, 19, 26, 30, 35, 40 *** The American Congress, Why Congress? A General Introduction to the Pre-Reconstruction Period Dodd: (TAC): Chapter 1, as Public Mirror,” Thinking about Congress “Congress pp. 3-15 (through the first two full paragraphs).*** Also Recommended (if you have not read previously): Karen Orren and Stephen Skowronek, The Search for American Political Chapters Four and Five Development, Paul Pierson, Chapter 1 Politics in Time, Joseph Cooper and David Brady, a Diachronic Analysis of Congress, “Toward Vol 75 (1981): 988-1006 APSR, Charles Stewart III, Chs 1-3 Analyzing Congress, David Mayhew, Congress: The Electoral Connection Email Assignments: After completing the reading for this week, each student will answer both of the following questions and email them to Professor Dodd and all class members.
General Perspectives on Legislatures Gerhard Loewenberg, On Legislatures: all*** Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, Why Nations Fail: Required: Chs 3, 4, 7, 10, 11; strongly recommended: Chs 5, 6, 8, 9; the remainder of the book is helpful in grasping comparative and third world applications of their argument. The Emergence and Evolution of Legislatures in America: General Patterns Peverill Squire, The Evolution of American Legislatures, Chap 1. *** Nelson Polsby, “The Institutionalization of the U. S. of Representatives,” APSR, Vol 62 (1968): 144-168. *** David Mayhew, America’s Congress, “Introduction” and Chapters 1, 2*** Studying American Legislative Development: Snapshots Across Time Zelizer, The American Congress, Chs 1, 11, 13, 18, 19, 26, 30, 35, 40 *** Why Congress? A General Introduction to the Pre-Reconstruction Period Dodd: Thinking about Congress (TAC): Chapter 1, “Congress as Public Mirror,” pp. 3-15 (through the first two full paragraphs).*** Also Recommended (if you have not read previously): Karen Orren and Stephen Skowronek, The Search for American Political Development, Chapters Four and Five Paul Pierson, Politics in Time, Chapter 1 Joseph Cooper and David Brady, “Toward a Diachronic Analysis of Congress, APSR, Vol 75 (1981): 988-1006 Charles Stewart III, Analyzing Congress, Chs 1-3 David Mayhew, Congress: The Electoral Connection Email Assignments: After completing the reading for this week, each student will answer both of the following questions and email them to Professor Dodd and all class members.
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