Congress and the politics of problem solving : developing a mixed-methods research design for new data and new insights

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Dawkins, Ryan, author

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In 2002, Scott Adler and John Wilkerson began building a new database of all congressional bills and their referral patterns as they moved through the United States Congress since 1945. What grew o...

In 2002, Scott Adler and John Wilkerson began building a new database of all congressional bills and their referral patterns as they moved through the United States Congress since 1945. What grew out of this massive effort was the publication of Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving (2012). This case study provides an account of how the authors went from the basic question of what drove committee gatekeeping to the publication of a book that addresses a much larger series of questions, offers a new theory of legislative organization, and provides a fresh look at what drives the agenda-setting process.

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