The speaker of the House : a study of leadership / Matthew N. Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Matthew N., 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress. House--Speakers.

United States.

United States. Congress. House--Leadership.

Political leadership--United States.

Political leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Matthew N. Green provides the first comprehensive analysis of how the Speaker of the House has exercised legislative leadership from 1940 to the present. Green finds that the Speaker's party loyalty is tempered by a host of competing objectives, including reelection, passage of desired public policy laws, handling the interests of the president, and meeting the demands of the House as a whole.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. "An Office of Great Honor and Influence"

Chapter 2. Speaking and Voting on the House Floor

Chapter 3. Sam Rayburn and John McCormack

Chapter 4. Speaker Leadership in the Reform and Post-Reform House

Chapter 5. Leadership beyond the Floor, 1941- 1998

Chapter 6. The Hastert Speakership

Chapter 7. Goal-Oriented Leadership: Trends and Implications

Appendix A. Sources and Use of Data

Appendix B. Categorizing Instances of Floor Voting

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-279) and index.

ISBN:

9781299463899

1299463894

9780300153194

0300153198

OCLC:

841172212