Resumen de Prospects for analysing committees in comparative perspective: conclusion

Brian J. Gaines, Mark Goodwin, Stephen Holden Bates, Gisela Sin

• While theories of committees in the U.S. Congress can continue to play a central role in the still-growing comparative study of committees, they require careful, frequent modification. Moreover, more fruitful study of committees may require a wider framework, recognising more fully that committees are institutions embedded in wider social structures.