Politics

POLI134 Congress: Representation and Legislation

Examines the United States Congress and the nature of the representative and legislative processes. Topics include: districting and elections; bicameralism; party organization; institutional and behavioral influences on legislative action; and the efficacy of Congress as a legislative body. Focuses on the contemporary Congress with comparisons to other legislative and representative institutions. (Formerly Congress: Representation and Legislation in Comparative Perspective.)

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to politics and Latin American and Latino studies/politics combined majors during first and second pass enrollment.

Credits

5

Instructor

Daniel Wirls

Also offered as

LGST 134

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to legal studies majors during first and second pass enrollment.