Legislative Learning
The 104th Republican Freshmen in the House
1st Edition
Published on 12. November 2012
250 pages
978-1-135-57864-0 (ISBN)
Description
Barnett shows how political environments can produce legislators who place a premium on their policy-making goals through a nuanced exploration of factors undergirding member perceptions, policy ambitions, class cohesion, and legislative learning.
Reviews / Votes
"Overall, Barnett's Legislative Learning is a well done theoretical volume that attempts to understand the Republican Freshman Class of 1994 through competing interpretations of principle-agent analysis and member goal and ambition theories. -Gregory R. Thorson. American Political Science Review. Vol.96, No.1.""I found it fascinating to read Dr. Barnett's careful and scholarly analysis of the 104th Congress, which I experienced first hand in all its struggle and passion. The depth of his research is astounding, and his conclusions ring true." -- Tony Blankley, Press Secretary to the Speaker of the House, 104th Congress
"An excellent, engaging and prodigiously researched study of the efforts - sometimes successful, often not - of the 1994 House Republican freshmen, to cope with such ingredients of legislative learning as political principle, career ambition, class cohesion, party organization, and institutional policy making." -- Richard F. Fenno Jr.- Distinguished University Professor, University of Rochester
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
1,64 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-57864-0 (9781135578640)
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Person
Timothy J. Barnett
Content
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 The Watershed Congress and Theory Development; Chapter 2 1997: Three Scenes from Act II of the GOP Revolution; Chapter 3 The Reelection Goal and Ambition Theory: Mayhew and Fenno Revisited; Chapter 4 The Development of 104th Freshman Class Cohesion; Chapter 5 Perspectives of the 104th GOP Freshmen: An Overview; Chapter 6 Freshmen and Principles: The Contract as Mission; Chapter 7 Freshmen and Principals: The Perception of a Mandate; Chapter 8 The Freshmen as a Political Unit: Limitations and Dimensions; Chapter 9 Leadership and Freshman Class Power Relations in the House; Chapter 10 Learning by Doing: The Progress of the 104th Class; Chapter 11 Putting the 104th Freshman Class into Perspective; Epilogue; Appendix A: Interview List; Appendix B: Research Design and Data Acquisition; References; Index;
