Pols240 Congress and the American Political System II (Senior+) 2005 MIT

 

MIT

17.261 / 17.262
Instructor:
Prof. Charles Stewart III

Level
Undergraduate / Graduate






The U.S. Capitol. (Image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.)

Course Highlights

This course features an extensive reading list and useful set of Web resources in the related resources section.

Course Description

This course analyzes the development of the United States Congress by focusing on the competing theoretical lenses through which legislatures have been studied. In particular, it compares sociological and economic models of legislative behavior, applying those models to floor decision-making, committee behavior, political parties, relations with other branches of the Federal government, and elections. Graduate students are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.

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