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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788047103321

Autore

Green Matthew N.

Titolo

Underdog Politics : The Minority Party in the U.S. House of Representatives / / Matthew N. Green

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-300-18226-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Classificazione

POL006000POL015000POL042020

Disciplina

328.730769

Soggetti

Political parties - United States

Opposition (Political science) - United States

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

United States Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- One. The Politics Of The Minority Party -- Two. Electioneering -- Three. Messaging -- Four. Obstructing -- Five. Legislating -- Six. The Minority Party And American Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the first comprehensive study of the subject in decades, political scholar Matthew Green disputes the conventional belief that the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives is an unimportant political player. Examining the record of the House minority party from 1970 to the present, and drawing from a wide range of quantitative and qualitative data, Green shows how and why the minority seeks to influence legislative and political outcomes and demonstrates that the party's efforts can succeed. The result is a fascinating appreciation of what the House minority can do and why it does it, providing readers with new insights into the workings of this famously contentious legislative chamber.