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Gary Mucciaroni and Paul J. Quirk

Deliberative Choices

Debating Public Policy in Congress

296 pages, 1 line drawing, 37 tables  6 x 9  © 2006
Series: American Politics and Political Economy Series

Cloth $50.00

ISBN: 9780226544069   Published May 2006

Paper $20.00

ISBN: 9780226544076   Published May 2006

Preface
Introduction
1. The Strategy of Claims: A Theory of Congressional Debate
2. Assessing Legislative Debate
3. The Debate on Welfare Reform
4. The Debate on Estate Tax Repeal
5. The Debate on Telecommunications Deregulation
6. Patterns: Strategies and Claims
7. Patterns: Interactions and Information-Value
8. Improving Congressional Deliberation
Appendix A: Procedures for Assessing Legislative Debate
Appendix B: Coding for Information Difficulty and Uncertainty
Appendix C: Supplementary Tables for Chapter 6
Appendix D: Supplementary Tables for Chapter 7
Notes
Works Cited
Index

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