| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 304 pages) |
| Contents |
Choosing the leader -- Why run? Party leadership ambitions in the House of Representatives -- Open competition races I: House Democrats -- Open competition races II: House Republicans -- Challenges to the heir apparent -- Revolts -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The basic outline of a party leadership campaign |
| Summary |
The first comprehensive study in more than forty years to explain congressional leadership selection How are congressional party leaders chosen? In the first major study since Robert Peabody's classic Leadership in Congress, political scientists Matthew Green and Douglas Harris draw on newly collected data about U.S. House members who have sought leadership positions from the 1960s to the present--including whip tallies, public and private vote commitments, interviews, and media accounts--to provide new insights into how the selection process truly works. Elections for congressional party leaders are conventionally seen as a function of either legislators' ideological preferences or factors too idiosyncratic to permit systematic analysis. Analyzing six decades' worth of information, Harris and Green find evidence for a new comprehensive model of vote choice in House leadership elections that incorporates both legislators' goals and their connections with leadership candidates. This study will stand for years to come as the definitive treatment of a crucial aspect of American politics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, Dec. 6, 2018) |
| Subject |
United States. Congress. House -- Elections
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Congress. House fast |
| Subject |
Legislators -- United States -- Elections
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government -- Legislative Branch.
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Elections
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harris, Douglas B., author.
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| ISBN |
9780300240795 |
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0300240791 |
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