Leadership Organizations in the House of Representatives : Party Participation and Partisan Politics /

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In recent Congresses, roughly half of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives served in whip organizations and on party committees. Rank-and-file representatives who use party service to advance their own careers benefit from this growing rate of participation in the party hierarchy, as do...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meinke, Scott R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress. > House.
United States. > Congress. > House > Caucuses.
United States. > Congress. > House > Committees.
United States. > Congress. > House > Leadership.
Politics and government.
Political parties.
Political leadership.
Leadership.
Committees.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Legislative Branch.
Political parties > United States.
Political leadership > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1989-
United States > Politics and government > 1989-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Party leadership organizations at work: four examples
  • Participation in the party: a framework for understanding leadership organizations
  • Leadership and membership perspectives on party participation
  • Coordination in party leadership organizations
  • External communication and party leadership organizations
  • The process of persuasion in party leadership organizations
  • Conclusion.

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