Backdoor Lawmaking: Evading Obstacles in the US Congress
Awards:   Winner of Winner, 2024 Alan Rosenthal Prize, Legislative Studies Section, APSA. Winner of Winner, 2024 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration Winner, 2024 Alan Rosenthal Prize, Legislative Studies Section, APSA.
Author:   Melinda N. Ritchie (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Assistant Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780197670484


Pages:   266
Publication Date:   21 November 2023
Format:   Hardback
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  • Winner of Winner, 2024 Alan Rosenthal Prize, Legislative Studies Section, APSA.
  • Winner of Winner, 2024 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration Winner, 2024 Alan Rosenthal Prize, Legislative Studies Section, APSA.

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Author:   Melinda N. Ritchie (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Assistant Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 15.60cm
Weight:   0.508kg
ISBN:  

9780197670484


ISBN 10:   0197670482
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   21 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments List of Figures List of Tables 1. Introduction 2. A Theory of Back-Channel Policymaking 3. The Freedom of Information Act and the War against Transparency 4. The Nature of Inter-Branch Policy Communication 5. Misconceptions about Inter-Branch Relations 6. The Bureaucracy: Congress's Backdoor to Policy Influence 7. Back-Channel Representation 8. Congressional Access and Influence in the Bureaucracy 9. Conclusion Notes Index

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This book lifts the veil on one aspect of the reality of lawmaking in the US...Ritchie's book is an instructive read. * David Glass, Law Society Gazette *


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Melinda N. Ritchie is Assistant Professor of Political Science at The Ohio State University. Her research interests include American political institutions, US Congress, bureaucratic politics, and the impact of separation of powers on policymaking. From 2007 to 2009, she worked in the office of New York congressman Brian Higgins. Her work has appeared in Political Behavior, the Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and the American Journal of Political Science. In 2020, she received the Emerging Scholar Award in Legislative Studies from the American Political Science Association.

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