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Taking the initiative : leadership agendas in Congress and the "contract with America"
- Title
- Taking the initiative : leadership agendas in Congress and the "contract with America" / John B. Bader.
- Author
- Bader, John B.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 1996.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 278 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Series Statement
- American governance and public policy
- Uniform Title
- American governance and public policy
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-272) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Setting Priorities in Divided Government -- 2. Learning Aggressive Leadership -- 3. Strategic Goals -- 4. Evaluating the Issues -- 5. Six Leader Goals, Six Case Studies -- 6. The "Big Picture": Democratic Priorities in Five Congresses -- 7. Familiar Strategies, New Faces: The "Contract with America" -- 8. Conclusions and Prospects for Policy Leadership in Congress -- App. A. Methodology -- App. B. Legislative Impact of Priorities -- App. C. Congressional vs. Presidential Initiatives -- App. D. Triggering Events -- App. E. Fate of the "Contract with America."
- ISBN
- 087840628X
- 9780878406289
- 0878406298
- 9780878406296
- LCCN
- 96012025
- OCLC
- ocm34410588
- 34410588
- SCSB-2098643
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library