With the people's consent : Howard Baker leads the senate 1977-1984 / / Michael P. Bobic

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788181603321
• Autore: Bobic Michael P.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, [Maryland] : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-7618-6502-0; 0-7618-6500-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Disciplina: 328.73071
• Soggetti: Legislators - United States; United States Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: With The People's Consent; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Howard Baker and Leadership in the United States Senate; Why Study Howard Baker?; Why Use Roll Call Votes to Study Howard Baker?; Leadership's Effects on Voting Patterns; Are Roll Call Votes a Reliable Tool for Analyzing Leadership Influence?; What Types of Roll Call Patterns Should Be Explored?; The General Theory of Coalition Behavior; The General Theory of Party Cohesion; The General Theory of Voting Success; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Defining Terms and Approaches to Analyzing Roll Calls; Roll Calls: Complex Data with Complex SolutionsThe Data for Analysis: What Votes to Explore?; Studies of Congressional Coalition Behavior: Basic Concepts and Approaches; Studies of Congressional Party Cohesion: Basic Concepts and Approaches; Winning Votes: Putting Coalitions and Cohesion in the Party to Work; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Modeling Baker's Leadership in the Senate; The Data; Modeling Coalition Building by Howard Baker: The Statistical Issue; Modeling Baker's Ability to Build Cohesion in the Senate: The Statistical Issue; Modeling Baker's Efforts to Win in the Senate: The Statistical IssueConclusion; Chapter 4: Howard Baker in the 95th Congress: Leading through Cooperation; Baker as Minority Leader: 1977 and ; 1978; Building Coalitions of Agreement in the 95th Congress; Building Party Cohesion in the Senate in the 95th Congress; Winning Votes in the 95th Congress; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Howard Baker in the 96th Congress: Leading a Divided Senate; Baker Leads through Difficult Times: 1979 and 1980; Describing Coalition Structure; Baker's Ability to Build Party Cohesion in the 96th Congress; Winning Votes in the 96th CongressConclusion; Chapter 6: Howard Baker as Majority Leader: Leadership through Coordination; Baker as Majority Leader, 1981-1982; Building Coalitions of Agreement in the 97th Congress; Building Party Cohesion in the 97th Congress; Winning Votes in the 97th Congress; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Howard Baker's Valedictory Session; Baker's Final Congress: Conflict and Cooperation; Building Coalitions of Agreement in the 98th Congress; Building Party Cohesion in the 98th Congress; Winning Votes in the 98th Congress; Conclusion; Conclusions; The Minority Period; The Majority PeriodBaker as Minority Leader and Majority Leader; The Contribution of Methods; Future Research; Conclusion; Appendix A: The Clustering Method; Appendix B: Explaining Poor Performance of the NOMINATE Measure; Origins of the NOMINATE Measure; Criticism of NOMINATE; Why NOMINATE Fails; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <span><span>This book explores Howard Baker's ability to lead the United States Senate at a time when it was divided by partisanship and ideology in an effort to inform current Senate leadership.</span></span>