{"product_id":"legislators-leaders-and-lawmaking-the-us-house-of-representatives-in-the-postreform-era-9780801857126","title":"Legislators Leaders and Lawmaking The US House of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn analysis of the US House of Representatives in the 1980s and early 1990s, this text interweaves principal-agent theory, behavioural techniques and insider observations, tracing the emergence of a House majority party leadership deeply involved in multiple aspects of the legislative process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA most remarkable undertaking. It represents a scholarly research effort that has stretched over nearly two decades. It has involved the getting and maintaining an unusual level of access to the workings of Democratic party leadership and yet an ability to remain sufficiently distant to develop the broader perspective. The end result is clearly a most important-if not the most important-book on party leadership and Congress. -- Bruce I. Oppenheimer American Political Science Review A superb combination of description and analysis that captures the Democratic-dominated House of the 1980's and early 1990's... Sinclair has provided us with both a summing up and a benchmark as we proceed to analyze the so-called Republican Revolution as it reverberates through the U.S. House. We are in her debt. -- Burdett Loomis Congress and the Presidency A classic study of the postreform house for all present and future students of Congress...Applying a perceptive and disciplined mind to an impressive knowledge of the topic, the author provides a detailed and instructive account of the relations between majority leaders and members in the postreform House, as well as valuable evidence and insights on such matters as the blending of substance and politics in decision making, current patterns of relationships with lobbyists, and the emerging public role of the Speaker. -- Joseph Cooper Political Science Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables\u003cbr\u003ePreface, 1998\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Leadership Puzzle: An Introduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Legislators, Leaders, and Lawmaking: A Principal-Agent Approach\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The House and Its Leadership from the 1950s Through the 1970s\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Emergence of Activist Leadership in the House of Representatives\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Leadership in a Changing Environment: Tasks, Resources, and Strategies\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Organization, Communication, and Accountability\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Information and Inclusion: The Whip System\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Structuring Choices: The Rules Committee\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Leaders, Committees, and the Prefloor Legislative Process\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Assembling Floor Majorities\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Setting the Agenda and Shaping Debate\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Does Activist Leadership Make a Difference? Legislative Success and the Lawmaking Process in the Postreform House\u003cbr\u003eAfterword, 1998\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527611162967,"sku":"9780801857126","price":31.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/legislators-leaders-and-lawmaking-the-us-house-of-representatives-in-the-postreform-era-9780801857126","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}