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1 online resource (294 pages) |
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With The People's Consent; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Howard Baker and Leadership in the United States Senate; Why Study Howard Baker?; Why Use Roll Call Votes to Study Howard Baker?; Leadership's Effects on Voting Patterns; Are Roll Call Votes a Reliable Tool for Analyzing Leadership Influence?; What Types of Roll Call Patterns Should Be Explored?; The General Theory of Coalition Behavior; The General Theory of Party Cohesion; The General Theory of Voting Success; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Defining Terms and Approaches to Analyzing Roll Calls |
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Roll Calls: Complex Data with Complex SolutionsThe Data for Analysis: What Votes to Explore?; Studies of Congressional Coalition Behavior: Basic Concepts and Approaches; Studies of Congressional Party Cohesion: Basic Concepts and Approaches; Winning Votes: Putting Coalitions and Cohesion in the Party to Work; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Modeling Baker's Leadership in the Senate; The Data; Modeling Coalition Building by Howard Baker: The Statistical Issue; Modeling Baker's Ability to Build Cohesion in the Senate: The Statistical Issue |
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Modeling Baker's Efforts to Win in the Senate: The Statistical IssueConclusion; Chapter 4: Howard Baker in the 95th Congress: Leading through Cooperation; Baker as Minority Leader: 1977 and 1978; Building Coalitions of Agreement in the 95th Congress; Building Party Cohesion in the Senate in the 95th Congress; Winning Votes in the 95th Congress; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Howard Baker in the 96th Congress: Leading a Divided Senate; Baker Leads through Difficult Times: 1979 and 1980; Describing Coalition Structure; Baker's Ability to Build Party Cohesion in the 96th Congress |
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Winning Votes in the 96th CongressConclusion; Chapter 6: Howard Baker as Majority Leader: Leadership through Coordination; Baker as Majority Leader, 1981-1982; Building Coalitions of Agreement in the 97th Congress; Building Party Cohesion in the 97th Congress; Winning Votes in the 97th Congress; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Howard Baker's Valedictory Session; Baker's Final Congress: Conflict and Cooperation; Building Coalitions of Agreement in the 98th Congress; Building Party Cohesion in the 98th Congress; Winning Votes in the 98th Congress; Conclusion; Conclusions; The Minority Period |
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The Majority PeriodBaker as Minority Leader and Majority Leader; The Contribution of Methods; Future Research; Conclusion; Appendix A: The Clustering Method; Appendix B: Explaining Poor Performance of the NOMINATE Measure; Origins of the NOMINATE Measure; Criticism of NOMINATE; Why NOMINATE Fails; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book explores Howard Baker's ability to lead the United States Senate at a time when it was divided by partisanship and ideology in an effort to inform current Senate leadership |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Baker, Howard H., Jr. (Howard Henry), 1925-2014.
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| SUBJECT |
Baker, Howard H., Jr. (Howard Henry), 1925-2014. fast (OCoLC)fst01897548 |
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United States. Congress. Senate -- Voting
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United States. Congress. Senate -- Leadership
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United States. Congress. Senate. fast (OCoLC)fst00530422 |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch.
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Leadership.
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Voting registers.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014952948 |
| ISBN |
9780761865025 |
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0761865020 |
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0761865004 |
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9780761865001 |
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0761865012 |
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9780761865018 |
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