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Distinguished University Professor Emeritus
Department of Political Science

Distinguished University Professor Emeritus Department of Political Science

Essays

Essays about, and inspired by the work of Richard Fenno:

Aldrich, John H. and Kenneth Shepsle.
“Explaining Institutional Change: Soaking, Poking, and Modeling in the U.S. Congress.”
Prepared for a conference in honor of Richard F. Fenno, University of Rochester, October 24-25, 1997.
Article stable URL.

Bianco, William T, editor (2000).
Congress on Display, Congress at Work.
A collection of essays compiled in honor of Richard F. Fenno’s contribution to legislative studies, including:

  • Richard Fenno’s Conventional Wisdom / William T. Bianco
  • Explaining Institutional Change: Soaking, Poking, and Modeling in the U.S. Congress / John H. Aldrich and Kenneth A. Shepsle
  • Building Reputations and Shaping Careers: The Strategies of Individual Agendas in the U.S. Senate / Wendy J. Schiller
  • Majority Party Leadership, Strategic Choice, and Committee Power: Appropriations in the House, 1995-98 / Bryan W. Marshall, Brandon C. Prins and David W. Rohde
  • What We Don’t Know about Congressional Party Leadership / Richard Forgette
  • Preferences and Governance in the U.S. House of Representatives: The Great Republican Experiment / Christine DeGregorio
  • Republican House Majority Party Leadership in the 104th and 105th Congresses: Innovation and Continuity / Barbara Sinclair
  • Can Advisory Committees Facilitate Congressional Oversight of the Bureaucracy? / Steven J. Balla and John R. Wright
  • Representation, Careerism, and Term Limits: A Simulation / Linda L. Fowler and Brian Frederking
  • Understanding Presentation of Self / William T. Bianco
  • Member Goals and Party Switching in the U.S. Congress / David Castle and Patrick J. Fett
  • The Distribution of Pork Barrel Projects and Vote Buying in Congress / Diana Evans
  • Congress, the President, and the Unrealized Bargaining Power of the Line-Item Veto: A Brief Note on a Short-Lived Law / Patrick J. Fett, Jeffrey S. Hill and Richard Delaney.

Published by: University of Michigan Press.
University of Rochester River Campus Library.

Binder, Sarah.
“Through the Looking Glass Darkly: What has Become of the Senate?”
The Forum, Vol. 9: Iss. 4, Article 2 (2011).
Article stable URL.

Fitzpatrick, Thomas.
“Watching Politicians.”
Rochester Review (Spring, 1991).
Article stable URL.

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