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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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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