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

Published New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019 ©1990

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 582 pages) : illustrations 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 Summary This book examines the lawmaking bodies of the United states and the Germany and their constitutional duties and limitations. It is a first ever joint US-German parliamentary study that compares and contrasts two of the democratic West's most powerful legislatures Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Uwe Thaysen, Roger H. Davidson, Robert Gerald Livingston Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 19, 2019) Subject United States. Congress. Germany (West). Bundestag. SUBJECT Germany (West). Bundestag fast United States. Congress fast Subject Comparative government. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General. Comparative government Form Electronic book Author Thaysen, Uwe, 1940- editor. Davidson, Roger H., editor Livingston, Robert Gerald, editor ISBN 042931552X 9780429315527 9781000234688 1000234681 9781000306569 1000306569 9781000270624 1000270629

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