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Papers presented at a symposium sponsored by the Council of Scholars of the Library of Congress, held Mar. 8-9, 1989.

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Introduction : the view from Capitol Hill / James C. Wright, Jr.

Toward a legislature of the first kind / Theodore J. Lowi. Comment / Thomas S. Foley

Knowledge, power, and the First Congress / Gordon S. Wood. Comment / Joseph Cooper. Comment / James Sterling Young

The making of the modern Congress / Nelson W. Polsby. Comment / Frank Freidel. Comment / David Brady

Informed legislation : policy research versus ordinary knowledge / Allen Schick. Comment / Carol H. Weiss. Comment / David E. Price

Rational ignorance, professional research, and politicians' dilemmas / Mancur Olson. Comment / Newt Gingrich. Comment / Jodie T. Allen

Knowledge, power, and national security / Ernest R. May. Comment / Stephen J. Solarz

New directions in economic policy / Lawrence H. Summers. Comment / Isabel Sawhill. Comment / William A. Niskanen.

The debate over social policy : the larger issues / Nathan Glazer. Comment / Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. Comment / Richard P. Nathan

Knowledge, power, and legislatures : a British perspective / Denis Healey

Lessons from history : knowledge and power in national legislatures / Gordon A. Craig.

United States. Congress > Congresses.

Policy sciences > Congresses.

Knowledge, Sociology of > Congresses.

Power (Social sciences) > Congresses.

Legislative bodies > Congresses.

Legislative power > Congresses.

Library of Congress.

Council of Scholars (U.S.)