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Majority leadership in the U.S. House
- 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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | JK1411 .D43 1983 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 263 pages; 24 cm
- Subject
- 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