LEADER 04503nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910459211103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-67927-9 010 $a9786612679278 010 $a0-226-72405-0 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226724058 035 $a(CKB)2670000000033511 035 $a(EBL)557583 035 $a(OCoLC)648759800 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000398685 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11303626 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000398685 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10362206 035 $a(PQKB)11119133 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC557583 035 $a(DE-B1597)523925 035 $a(OCoLC)748360746 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226724058 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL557583 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10402628 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL267927 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000033511 100 $a19901026d1991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aParties and leaders in the postreform house$b[electronic resource] /$fDavid W. Rohde 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc1991 215 $a1 online resource (245 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican politics and political economy series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-72406-9 311 $a0-226-72407-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Parties in the House of Representatives --$t2. Reform and Its Consequences: A Closer Look --$t3. The Democratic Caucus: Membership Change and Organizational Developments --$t4. The Democratic Leadership: Party Agents and Agenda Management --$t5. Republican Reactions, Presidential Agendas, and Legislative Consequences --$t6. Conclusions and Future Prospects --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aSince the Second World War, congressional parties have been characterized as declining in strength and influence. Research has generally attributed this decline to policy conflicts within parties, to growing electoral independence of members, and to the impact of the congressional reforms of the 1970's. Yet the 1980's witnessed a strong resurgence of parties and party leadership-especially in the House of Representatives. Offering a concise and compelling explanation of the causes of this resurgence, David W. Rohde argues that a realignment of electoral forces led to a reduction of sectional divisions within the parties-particularly between the northern and southern Democrats-and to increased divergence between the parties on many important issues. He challenges previous findings by asserting that congressional reform contributed to, rather than restrained, the increase of partisanship. Among the Democrats, reforms siphoned power away from conservative and autocratic committee chairs and put control of those committees in the hands of Democratic committee caucuses, strengthening party leaders and making both party and committee leaders responsible to rank-and-file Democrats. Electoral changes increased the homogeneity of House Democrats while institutional reforms reduced the influence of dissident members on a consensus in the majority party. Rohde's accessible analysis provides a detailed discussion of the goals of the congressional reformers, the increased consensus among Democrats and its reinforcement by their caucus, the Democratic leadership's use of expanded powers to shape the legislative agenda, and the responses of House Republicans. He also addresses the changes in the relationship between the House majority and the president during the Carter and Reagan administrations and analyzes the legislative consequences of the partisan resurgence. A readable, systematic synthesis of the many complex factors that fueled the recent resurgence of partisanship, Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House is ideal for course use. 410 0$aAmerican politics and political economy. 606 $aPolitical parties$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical parties 676 $a328.73/0769 700 $aRohde$b David W$0972816 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459211103321 996 $aParties and leaders in the postreform house$92212919 997 $aUNINA