Research Catalog

Title

Representation and responsibility : exploring legislative ethics / edited by Bruce Jennings and Daniel Callahan.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, ©1985.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Jennings, Bruce, 1949-
• Callahan, Daniel, 1930-2019.

Description

xvi, 332 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Hastings Center series in ethics

Uniform Title

Hastings Center series in ethics.

Subject

• United States. Congress > Ethics
• United States. Congress
• Legislative bodies > United States > States > Ethics
• Ethics
• Legislative bodies > U.S. states > Ethics
• Gesetzgebende Gewalt
• Ethik
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Wetgevende macht
• Representatie (politicologie)
• Ethische aspecten
• United States
• USA

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Bruce Jennings and Daniel Callahan -- Part I. Evolving ethical standards for legislators : a historical overview -- The history of congressional ethics / Richard Allan Baker -- The role of the electorate in congressional ethics / James C. Kirby -- Part II. Ethics and legislative life -- Political action committees, electoral politics, and congressional ethics / Gary C. Jacobson -- Ethics in political campaigns / Thomas Kingsley Houston -- Lobbying and legislative ethics / Jay H. Hedlund -- Socialization and ethics in Congress / Roger H. Davidson -- Legislative ethics in the new Congress / David E. Price -- Part III. Toward a new framework for legislative ethics : theory and practice -- Legislative ethics and moral minimalism / Bruce Jennings -- The theory of legislative ethics / Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson -- The scope of legislative ethics / John D. Saxon -- Legislative codes of ethics/ Daniel Callahan -- Enforceable standards and unenforceable ethics / John M. Swanner -- Part IV. Legislative ethics in the states -- Ethics in the states : the laboratories of reform / Robert M. Stern -- An insider's view of state legislative ethics / Jean Ford -- Legislative ethics at the state and federal levels : a comparison / Richardson Preyer -- Part V. Representation in nonlegislative settings -- Representation without elections : the American bureaucracy and its publics / James A. Morone -- Legislative ethics and professional responsibility / Vanessa Merton.

ISBN

• 0306419947
• 9780306419942

LCCN

85017008

OCLC

• ocm12192355
• 12192355
• SCSB-632253

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library