Research Catalog

Title

Majority leadership in the U.S. House / Barbara Sinclair.

Author

Sinclair, Barbara, 1940-

Publication

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1983.

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Details

Description

xiv, 263 pages; 24 cm

Subjects

• USA > Congress
• Demokratische Partei (USA)
• USA > Congress > House of Representatives
• Democratic Party USA
• Democratic Party (U.S.)
• United States > Congress > House > Leadership
• Führung
• Leadership

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 257-260.

Contents

Coalition building and party maintenance in a new environment -- Majority party leadership functions -- The House and the Democratic Party in the post reform era -- Member goals and leadership influence -- Leadership strategies: an introduction -- The core leadership: tasks and resources -- The development of leadership offices -- Leadership selection -- The job of the Speaker -- The job of the Majority leader -- The Whip and the rest of the inner circle -- The extended leadership circle -- The whip system -- The steering and policy committee -- The Rules Committee -- Constituents, allies, and adversaries: relationships in the legislative arena -- House Democrats -- Committees and subcommittees -- House Republicans -- The Senate leadership -- The President and the administration -- Interest groups -- Coalition building: strategies and tactics -- Deciding to get involved -- Shaping the preconditions for floor success -- Strategy and logistics of the pre-floor persuasion effort -- Scheduling the legislation -- On the floor -- The Conference Committee -- The strategy of inclusion: an evaluation -- The leadership in action: budget politics -- Budget politics 1979 -- Budget politics 1980 -- Budget politics 1981 -- The leadership in action: other cases -- Panama Canal Treaty implementation legislation -- Synfuels -- Increasing the debt limit -- Majority party leadership in the post-reform House: problems and prospects -- Leadership problems and coping strategies -- An assessment of party maintenance and coalition-building success -- The future of leadership.

ISBN

• 0801829348
• 9780801829345
• 080182933X
• 9780801829338

LCCN

83000278

OCLC

• ocm09392276
• 9392276
• SCSB-636348

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library