Money in the House : campaign funds and congressional party politics /

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Author Marian Currinder presents a highly compelling and empirically grounded look at how internal campaign finance practices have come to dominate congressional party politics.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Currinder, Marian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, ©2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Transforming American politics series (2002)
Temas:
United States. > Congress. > House.
United States. > Congress. > House > Elections.
United States. > Congress. > House
Since 1945
Campaign funds > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Campaign funds
Elections
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
United States > Politics and government > 1989-
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1989-
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Campaign funds and congressional party politics : an overview
  • Spreading wealth the old-fashioned way
  • The reform era
  • The rise of leadership PACs
  • The parties strike back
  • The money pit
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 2. Pursuing ambition in a congressional parties framework
  • Explaining House member behavior
  • Intrainstititutional ambition
  • Individual versus collective goals
  • Promoting the party by rewarding ambition
  • Combating the problem of fragmentation : battleground 2000
  • Explaining party power in the House
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 3. The 1970s reform era : the money chase begins
  • The rise of the seniority system
  • The reform era
  • Out with the old and in with the new
  • Political change and the rise of entrepreneurial House members
  • The money chase begins
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 4. The 1980s : new directions in campaign funding
  • Party campaign strategies in the 1980s
  • The resurgence of strong leaders and party cohesion
  • Patterns of member-to-member giving
  • Partisan politics heats up
  • Conclusion
  • Notes.
  • 5. A republican revolution in politics and money : the Gingrich era
  • The Contract with America
  • The 1994 Republican revolution
  • The new Republican majority and institutional reform
  • New majority leadership strategies
  • Trouble in the ranks
  • The end of the Gingrich era
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 6. Paying to play : redistributing money in the post-Gingrich era
  • Democrats rev up the money machine
  • Broader trends in the redistribution of campaign money
  • Pursuing intrainstitutional power within a party framework
  • Beyond 2000 : the Republican majority hangs on, but how long?
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Campaign funds and the new democratic majority
  • Republican turmoil
  • Democrats take the reins
  • Consequences and challenges
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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