Roger H Davidson, Susan Hammond, Raymond Smock

Masters Of The House

Congressional Leadership Over Two Centuries

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book identifies enduring patterns of House leadership, explaining the effects of such factors as party strength, White House-congressional relations, leaders' formal prerogatives, members' expectations, public attitudes, shifts in the policy agenda, and leaders' personal attributes and style.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780367316815
• ISBN-10: 0367316811
• Artikelnr.: 57733463

Autorenporträt

Roger H. Davidson is professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland. Susan Hammond is professor of political science at the American University. Raymond Smock is former historian of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Rediscovering the "Masters of the House"
The Start of Something New: Clay, Stevenson, Polk, and the Development of the Speakership, 1789
1869
Thomas Brackett Reed and the Rise of Party Government
Uncle Joe Cannon: The Brakeman of the House of Representatives, 1903
1911
Oscar W. Underwood: The First Modern House Leader, 1911
1915
Nicholas Longworth: The Genial Czar
John Nance Garner
The Speaker and the Presidents: Sam Rayburn, the White House, and the Legislative Process, 1941
1961
Hale Boggs: The Southerner as National Democrat
Gerald R. Ford: Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, 1965
1973
Tip O'Neill and Contemporary House Leadership
Epilogue: Leaders Talk About House Leadership