POLITICAL SCIENCE 3513

LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

Study guide for final exam:

Political parties

            party organizations

            policy committees

            party leadership

            party voting/influence

            party responsibility

            party organizations

Interest groups and influence

            role

            process

            methods

            effectiveness

            limitations/restrictions

Chief executive and legislative process

            budget process and legislative process

            executive veto and legislative process

            subgovernments/iron triangles

Legislative oversight

            justification

            problems

            agency creation, mission, control

            electoral connection between Congress and bureaucracy

Legislative/judicial relations

            judicial appointment/removal

            authority/jurisdiction

            judicial review

Legislatures problems and perspectives

            minority role

            representativeness

            efficiency

            parochialism