Browsing by Subject "Congress"
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(Psychiatry Research, 2020-02)The Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) recently held its first North American congress, which took place in Orlando, Florida from 10-14 April 2019. The overall theme of this year's congress was United in ...
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(2023-07-12)Department: Political ScienceThe committee system is central to our understanding the workings of the United States Congress. This dissertation examines three distinct aspects of committees in the House of Representatives: How seniority plays into ...
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(2015-06-22)Department: Political ScienceStudies of representation have shown that, generally, Representatives and Senators are responsive to constituent opinion. However, research focused on the policy congruence of elected officials has lacked attention to the ...
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(2014-07-28)Department: Political ScienceThe responsiveness of government agencies to elected officials is a central question in democratic governance. While important scholarship has demonstrated that elected officials have tools they can successfully implement ...
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The Impact of High Information Environments on Representation in the U.S. House of Representatives (2019-08-16)Department: Political ScienceIn a series of three articles I demonstrate that a plausible explanation for political "nationalization" is an increasingly dense information environment. Nationalization occurs when all political decisions -- for both ...
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(2021-05-12)Department: Political ScienceHow does the wealth of members of Congress affect electoral politics and governance, and what are the implications of wealth inequality among elites for their behavior and opportunities for influence? By expanding and ...