Why Congressional Reforms Fail: Reelection and the House Committee System

by E. Scott Adler

Book Overview

For decades, advocates of congressional reforms have repeatedly attempted to clean up the House committee system, which has been called inefficient, outmoded, unaccountable, and even corrupt. Yet these efforts result in little if any change, as members of Congress who are generally satisfied with existing institutions repeatedly obstruct what could fairly be called innocuous reforms.

What lies behind the House's resistance to change? Challenging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226007561
• ISBN13: 9780226007564
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.0" x 6.1"