Introduction to Roundtable
The U.S. Congress in the Twentieth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11204669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julian E Zelizer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 307-316 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0145-5532 • E-ISSN: 1527-8034 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0145553200010142 |
| OpenAlex | W275866923 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 28 |
The claim that contemporary historical scholarship has ignored the twentieth-century U.S. Congress is a great understatement. During the past two decades, most social and cultural historians minimized the study of government institutions, policy makers, and policies. They characterized these aspects of American history as elitist, irrelevant, and even illegitimate (Leff 1995; Leuchtenburg 1986).The ultimate villain in this scholarly narrative was Congress, considered to be an insulated haven for white male elites who sub-vert the democratic process in favor of vested interest groups.When Congress appeared in a few academic books, it was treated as an archaic institution that functions as either a road block or a rubber stamp to proposals that emanate from the executive branch or from mass social movements.Those interested in the modern history of Congress can turn only to the work of journalists such as John Jacobs (1995) and Richard Cohen (1999) who rely on political biography in attempts to understand the institution’s past
Art · Biography · Democracy · Economic history · Government (linguistics · Haven · Institution · Literature · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · White (mutation · Academic Freedom and Politics · American History and Culture · History · Law · Public Administration · Race, History, and American Society
The corporate reconstruction of American capitalism, 1890-1916
The civil rights era
The politics of fear
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940.
Pitied but not entitled
Building a New American State
Minority Rights, Majority Rule
The Corporate Reconstruction of American Capitalism, 1890–1916
Political Innovation in America
Agendas, alternatives, and public policies
Shifting the Color Line
The Politics of Equality
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers
Reorganizing the Organizational Synthesis
The Government Operations Committee and Foreign Policy During the Cold War
The Politics of Fear
The Age of Roosevelt, The Coming of the New Deal
The Politics of Equality
The Pertinence of Political History
Congressional Conservatism and the New Deal
The Emerging Organizational Synthesis In Modern American History
Technology, Political Economy, and Professionalization
The Triumph of Conservatism
Race and Social Welfare Policy
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2001 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |