Congress: Games and Strategies
- ISBN-10
- 1426626215
- ISBN-13
- 9781426626210
- Series
- Congress
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 411
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-12-28
- Publisher
- Atomic Dog Publishing
- Authors
- Steven E. Schier, Stephen Frantzich
Description
A timely and interactive text on the U.S. Congress which combines contemporary scholarship with up to date information. Congress uses an analogy with which we are familiar - games - to help students understand the workings of Congress. In portraying Congress as a game or sport in which players and chosen, trained, find their ways onto teams, and battle in an arena not unlike that of football or basketball, the authors explain Congress in a way many students will find accessible and understandable without belittling the workings of Congress.
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