Research Catalog

Title

The U.S. Congress and the German Bundestag : comparisons of democratic processes / edited by Uwe Thaysen, Roger H. Davidson, and Robert Gerald Livingston.

Publication

Boulder : Westview Press, 1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Thaysen, Uwe, 1940-
• Davidson, Roger H.
• Livingston, Robert Gerald.

Description

xxi, 582 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Series Statement

Westview special study

Subject

• United States. Congress
• Germany (West). Bundestag
• Deutschland Bundesrepublik Bundestag
• USA Congress
• Comparative government
• Föderalismus
• Konstitutionalismus
• Vergleich
• Öffentliche Meinung
• Constitutional law

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Problems of legislative comparisons / Uwe Thaysen and Roger H. Davidson -- The United States and the formation of the Bundestag / Martin J. Hillenbrand -- Congress as a representative institution / Roger H. Davidson -- Representation in the Federal Republic of Germany / Uwe Thaysen -- The social composition of Congress / Nelson W. Polsby -- The social composition of the Bundestag / Heino Kaack -- Congress and the individual states: centralized balancing of interests / Randall B. Ripley -- The Bundestag and the federal system / Hartmut Klatt -- Congress and the third power / Abner J. Mikva -- Relationship of the Bundestag and the Federal Constitutional Court / Ernst Benda -- Parties and committees in Congress / Samuel C. Patterson -- Parties (parliamentary groups) and committees in the Bundestag / Winfried Steffani -- Interest representation in the Capitol / Norman J. Ornstein -- Interest group representation in the Bundestag / Ferdinand Müller-Rommel.
• Congress and economic policy: the federal budget / Alice M. Rivlin -- Economic and social policy in the Bundestag / Klaus von Beyme -- The voice of Congress in foreign policy / I.M. Destler -- Foreign policy in the Bundestag / Lothar Wilker -- Strategic arms policy: war and peace between Congress and president / Alton Frye -- Control of security policy / Helmut Schäfer and Christian von Stechow -- Assessment of technological consequences in the U.S. Congress / Marvin Ott -- Science and technology in the German Bundestag examined through the Committee on Research and Technology / Dirk Jaeger and Peter Scholz -- Legislators and media producers: Congress and communication in the U.S. / Charles M. Tidmarch -- The Bundestag and media in the Federal Republic of Germany / Heinrich Oberreuter -- Summary: comparing Congress and the Bundestag / Uwe Thaysen, Roger H. Davidson, and Robert Gerald Livingston.

ISBN

• 0813373468
• 9780813373461

LCCN

89027786

OCLC

• ocm20490531
• 20490531
• SCSB-1896547

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library