03563oam 22005294a 450 991097434190332120210111132020.01-282-63898-X97866126389850-472-02359-4(CKB)2670000000040590(OCoLC)651662962(CaPaEBR)ebrary10395600(SSID)ssj0000421868(PQKBManifestationID)11295911(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421868(PQKBWorkID)10415818(PQKB)10354772(MdBmJHUP)muse9703(MiAaPQ)EBC3414860(BIP)46206618(BIP)7322713(EXLCZ)99267000000004059020020507d2001 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrLeadership in Committee A Comparative Analysis of Leadership Behavior in the U.S. Senate /C. Lawrence Evans1st pbk. ed.Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press2001Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press20011 online resource (225 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-472-08825-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201) and index.How does the leadership of a Senate committee influence the outcome of bills? In Leadership in Committee C. Lawrence Evans delves into the behavior of legislative leaders and the effects of what they do, how their tactics vary, and why. Using evidence gleaned from personal interviews with a large number of U.S. senators and Senate staff, the author compares the leadership styles of eight committee chairs and ranking minority members in the U.S. Senate. The result is a significant contribution to the literature on American politics, the first book-length, comparative analysis of legislative leadership behavior in the modern Senate. . . . .this book is highly recommended reading for those interested in both legislative politics and political leadership. . . .Leadership in Committee establishes Evans as one of the handful of political scientists who have done justice to the subtleties of politics in the modern Senate. ---Randall Strahan, Journal of Politics Larry Evans has significantly influenced my own work over the years, and Leadership in Committee is one reason why. It is a model of great scholarship, the best work on committee leadership ever written. It has the discriminatory sense of context that appears only when the author truly knows his subject. It is theoretical without being reductionist or vacuously abstract. Its principal claims are general yet sufficiently concrete to be testable, and Evans provides systematic, comparative evidence to support (or qualify) each of them. Larger issues of agenda-setting, institutional structure, partisanship, anticipated reactions, participation, committee-floor bargaining, and strategic action of various kinds receive thoughtful and insightful examination. And the book is simply a terrific read. Too long in coming, the publication of Leadership in Committee in paperback ought to spark a well-deserved revival of interest in this work. ---Richard L. Hall, University of MichiganElectronic books. 328.73/071Evans C. Lawrence1958-1820277MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910974341903321Leadership in Committee4382125UNINA