Party influence in Congress / / Steven S. Smith [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Smith Steven S. <1953->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 328.73
• Soggetto topico: Political parties - United States; Power (Social sciences) - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- The microfoundations of theories of Congressional parties -- The types and sources of party influence -- The search for direct party effects -- Recent theories of party influence : cartel and conditional party government theory -- Revisiting pivotal and party politics -- Reexamining the direct and indirect influence of party in the House and Senate -- More than a conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: Party Influence in Congress challenges current arguments and evidence about the influence of political parties in the US Congress. Steven S. Smith argues that theory must reflect policy, electoral, and collective party goals. These goals call for flexible party organizations and leadership strategies. They demand that majority party leaders control the flow of legislation; package legislation and time action to build winning majorities and attract public support; work closely with a president of their party; and influence the vote choices for legislators. Smith observes that the circumstantial evidence of party influence is strong, multiple collective goals remain active ingredients after parties are created, party size is an important factor in party strategy, both negative and positive forms of influence are important to congressional parties, and the needle-in-the-haystack search for direct influence continues to prove frustrating.
• Titolo autorizzato: Party influence in Congress
• ISBN: 1-107-18363-4; 1-280-91731-8; 9786610917310; 0-511-81261-2; 0-511-29050-0; 0-511-28990-1; 0-511-28862-X; 0-511-30187-1; 0-511-28930-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820824703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II