BP3 Classics of Political Science
Congressmen in Committees
Richard F. Fenno, Jr. | $19.95
In this classic study, America's leading student of Congress shows how the different organizational environments of three congressional committees affect the behavior of members and shapes legislative outcomes.
The Governmental Process, Second Edition
David B. Truman | $24.95
Winner of the 1997 Leon Epstein Award for a distinguished contribution to the field. This study of political groups, their origins, and their maneuvers remains the leading source of ideas that explain outcomes in American political systems. Generations of political scientists have found this work essential to their understanding of contemporary politics.
The Press and Foreign Policy
Bernard C. Cohen | $17.95
Most of the important questions concerning the impact of the press on how the public views political issues were first raised in this classic of contemporary political science including what journalists consider news and how they establish and enforce professional norms. Cohen's theory explaining the pattern of news coverage is the most far-reaching and persuasive in the literature.
Consequences of Party Reform
Nelson W. Polsby | $21.95
In this important and provocative book, Nelson W. Polsby argues that many of the most significant problems of American government and politics today are rooted in how we nominate our presidents and prepare them for office. Looking back at the revolutionary reforms undertaken by the Democratic Party after the 1968 convention, Polsby shows how those measures have rippled out into the whole political system. He argues that those reforms--which were meant to broaden democratic participation and unintended consequences, making elections less responsive to majority rule and more susceptible to pressure group influence. Polsby suggests practical ways to improve nominations and elections; he defends America's political parties; and he describes the circumstances that led to the eclipse of party influence in presidential politics.
