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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Currinder, Marian.

Series:

Transforming American politics series (2002)

Transforming American politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Campaign funds--United States.

Campaign funds.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1989-1993.

United States. Congress. House.

United States. Congress. House--Elections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents; Contents ix; Introduction 1; 1 Campaign Funds and Congressional Party Politics:An Overview 13; Spreading Wealth the Old-Fashioned Way, 16; The Reform Era, 18; The Rise of Leadership PACs, 24; The Parties Strike Back, 31; The Money Pit, 36; Conclusion, 39; Notes, 40; 2 Pursuing Ambition in a Congressional Parties Framework 41; Explaining House Member Behavior, 42; Intrainstitutional Ambition, 44; Individual versus Collective Goals, 46; Promoting the Party by Rewarding Ambition, 51; Combating the Problem of Fragmentation: Battleground 2000, 55; Explaining Party Power in the House, 57

Conclusion, 59Notes, 60; 3 The 1970s Reform Era: The Money Chase Begins 61; The Rise of the Seniority System, 62; The Reform Era, 65; Out with the Old and In with the New, 72; Political Change and the Rise of Entrepreneurial House Members, 77; The Money Chase Begins, 82; Conclusion, 89; Notes, 90; 4 The 1980s: New Directions in Campaign Funding 91; Party Campaign Strategies in the 1980s, 93; The Resurgence of Strong Leaders and Party Cohesion, 102; Patterns of Member-to-Member Giving, 109; Partisan Politics Heats Up, 117; Conclusion, 121; Notes, 122

5 A Republican Revolution in Politics and Money: The Gingrich Era 123The Contract with America, 126; The 1994 Republican Revolution, 129; The New Republican Majority and Institutional Reform, 133; New Majority Leadership Strategies, 138; Trouble in the Ranks, 143; The End of the Gingrich Era, 147; Conclusion, 148; Notes, 150; 6 Paying to Play: Redistributing Money in thePost-Gingrich Era 151; Democrats Rev Up the Money Machine, 160; Broader Trends in the Redistribution of Campaign Money, 165; Pursuing Intrainstitutional Power within a Party Framework, 170

Beyond 2000: The Republican Majority Hangs On,but for How Long? 173Conclusion, 179; 7 Campaign Funds and the New Democratic Majority 183; Republican Turmoil, 188; Democrats Take the Reins, 192; Consequences and Challenges, 199; Epilogue, 203; Bibliography, 207; Acknowledgments, 219; Index, 221

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-218) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-97849-9

0-429-96741-1

1-283-13676-7

9786613136763

0-7867-3178-8

OCLC:

311312960