LEADER 04550nam 2200613 450 001 9910788181603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7618-6502-0 010 $a0-7618-6500-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000588471 035 $a(EBL)1903048 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001496696 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11853861 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001496696 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11486086 035 $a(PQKB)10359307 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1903048 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11025498 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL683318 035 $a(OCoLC)898769159 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1903048 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000588471 100 $a20150317h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWith the people's consent $eHoward Baker leads the senate 1977-1984 /$fMichael P. Bobic 210 1$aLanham, [Maryland] :$cUniversity Press of America, Inc.,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (294 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-52036-4 311 $a0-7618-6501-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWith 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 327 $aRoll 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 327 $aModeling 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 327 $aWinning 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 327 $aThe 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 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aLegislators$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 615 0$aLegislators 676 $a328.73071 700 $aBobic$b Michael P.$01491156 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aDOCUMENT 912 $a9910788181603321 996 $aWith the people's consent$93712818 997 $aUNINA