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Legislative learning : the 104th Republican freshmen in the House / Timothy J. Barnett.
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Barnett, Timothy J.
- Series:
- Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1414.
- Garland reference library of social science. Politics and policy in American institutions ; v. 3.
- Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1414. Politics and policy in American institutions ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress--(104th, 1st session : 1995). House.
- United States.
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).
- Legislators--United States.
- Legislators.
- Conservatism--United States.
- Conservatism.
- United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Garland Pub., 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Barnett shows how political environments can produce legislators who place a premium on their policy-making goals through a nuanced exploration of factors undergirding member perceptions, policy ambitions, class cohesion, and legislative learning.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; Series Editor's Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1: The Watershed Congress and Theory Development; CHAPTER 2: 1997: Three Scenes from Act II of the GOP Revolution; CHAPTER 3: The Reelection Goal and Ambition Theory: Mayhew and Fenno Revisited; CHAPTER 4: The Development of 104th Freshman Class Cohesion; CHAPTER 5: Perspectives of the 104th GOP Freshmen: An Overview; CHAPTER 6: Freshmen and Principles: The Contract as Mission; CHAPTER 7: Freshmen and Principals: The Perception of a Mandate
- CHAPTER 8: The Freshmen as a Political Unit: Limitations and DimensionsCHAPTER 9: Leadership and Freshman Class Power Relations in the House; CHAPTER 10: Learning by Doing: The Progress of the 104th Class; CHAPTER 11: Putting the 104th Freshman Class into Perspective; Appendix A: Interview List; Appendix B: Research Design and Data Acquisition; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Kansas, 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-325) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-57863-X
- 1-280-07110-9
- 9786610071104
- 0-585-44740-3
- 0-203-80037-0
- 9780203800379
- OCLC:
- 437081664
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