Semester: Fall 2006
Meeting Time: Mondays, 2:00-4:30pm
Meeting Place: Tobin 504
Professor: Vin Moscardelli
Office: 332 Thompson Hall
Office Hours: M/W 10:00-11:00, and by appt.

Syllabus is posted on the 3rd floor bulletin board outside room 304, Thompson Hall.

Links to selected articles (must be accessed from an on-campus computer):
- Polsby, Nelson W., and Eric Schickler. 2002. "Landmarks
in the Study of Congress Since 1945." Annual Review of Political Science 5.1: 333-67.
- Polsby, Nelson W. 1968. "The Institutionalization of the
U.S. House of Representatives" The American Political Science Review 62.1(March): 144-168.
- Bensel, Richard. 2000. "Of Rules and
Speakers: Toward a Theory of Institutional Change for the U.S. House of Representatives." Social Science History
24.2 (Summer): 349-66.
- Katznelson, Ira, and John S. Lapinski. 2006. "Congress at the
Crossroads: Congress and American Political Development.". Perspectives on Politics 4.2(June): 243-60. Note:
This is a typescript version of this paper.
- Binder, Sarah. 1996. "The Partisan Basis of Procedural Choice: Allocating Parliamentary Rights in the House, 1789-1990." American
Political Science Review 90.1(March): 8-20.
- Fenno, Richard F., Jr. 1962. "The House Appropriations
Committee as a Political System." American Political Science Review 56.2(June): 310-24.
- Weingast, Barry R., and William Marshall. 1988. "The Industrial Organization of
Congress." Journal of Political Economy 96.1(February): 132-63.
- Hall, Richard L., and Bernard Grofman. 1990. "The Committee Assignment
Process and the Conditional Nature of Committee Bias." American Political Science Review 84.4 (December):
1149-66.
- Miller, Warren E. and Donald E. Stokes. 1963. "Constituency Influence in
Congress." American Political Science Review 57.1(March): 45-56.
- Fenno, Richard F. 1977. "U.S. House Members in Their
Constituencies: An Exploration." American Political Science Review 71.3(September): 883-917.
- Hibbing, John R. 1991. "Contours of the Modern
Congressional Career." American Political Science Review 85.2 (June): 405-428.
- Wawro, Gregory J., and Eric Schickler. 2004. "Where's the Pivot? Obstruction
and Lawmaking in the pre-Cloture Senate." American Journal of Political Science 48.4(October): 758-74.
- Lee, Frances E. 2000. "Senate
Representation and Coalition Building in Distributive Politics." American Political
Science Review 94.1(March): 59-72.
- Hall, Richard L. 1987. "Participation and Purpose in
Committee Decisionmaking." American Political Science Review 81.1 (March): 105-128.
- Hall, Richard L., and C. Lawrence Evans. 1990. "The Power of Subcommittees"
Journal of Politics 52.2 (May): 335-354.
- Hall, Richard L., and Frank W. Wayman. 1990. "Buying Time: Moneyed Interests
and the Mobilization of Bias in Congressional Committees." American Political Science Review 84.3(September):
797-820.
- Schickler, Eric, and Andrew Rich. 1997. "Controlling the Floor: Parties
as Procedural Coalitions in the House." American Journal of Political Science 41.4(October): 1340-75.
- Cox, Gary W., and Mathew D. McCubbins. 1997. "Toward a Theory of
Legislative Rules Changes: Assessing Schickler and Rich's Evidence." American Journal of Political Science
41.4(October): 1376-86.
- Schickler, Eric, and Andrew Rich. 1997. "Party Government in the House
Reconsidered: A Response to Cox and McCubbins" American Journal of Political Science
41.4(October): 1387-94.
- Aldrich, John, and David W. Rohde. 1997-98. "The
Transition to Republican Rule in the House: Implications for Theories
of Congressional Politics." Political Science Quarterly 112.4 (Winter): 541-569.
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Wright, Gerald C., and Brian F. Schaffner. 2002.
"The Influence of Party: Evidence from the State Legislatures." American Political Science Review 96.2(June):
367-79.
- Jones, Charles O. 1968. "Joseph G. Cannon and Howard W.
Smith: An Essay on the Limits of Leadership in the House of Representatives." Journal of Politics 30.3 (August):
617-46.
- Cooper, Joseph, and David W. Brady. 1981. "Institutional Context and
Leadership Style: The House from Cannon to Rayburn." American Political Science Review 75.2(June): 411-25.
- Sinclair, Barbara. 1999. "Transformational Leader or
Faithful Agent? Principal-Agent Theory and House Majority Party Leadership." Legislative Studies Quarterly
24.3(August): 421-49.
- Strahan, Randall W., and Daniel Palazzolo. 2004. "The
Gingrich Effect." Political Science Quarterly 119.1(Spring): 89-114.
- Hird, John A. 1991. "The Political Economy of Pork:
Project Selection at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers." American Political Science Review 85.2(June): 429-56.

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