Underdog politics
Subtitle: the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives
By: Matthew N. Green
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780300181036
Subjects: Politics and government; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Opposition (Political science); Democratic Party (U.S.); United States; United States. Congress. House; Political parties
Description: "In the first comprehensive study of the subject in decades, political scholar Matthew Green disputes the conventional belief that the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives is an unimportant political player. Examining the record of the House minority party from 1970 to the present, and drawing from a wide range of quantitative and qualitative data, Green shows how and why the minority seeks to influence legislative and political outcomes and demonstrates that the party's efforts can succeed. The result is a fascinating appreciation of what the House minority can do and why it does it, providing readers with new insights into the workings of this famously contentious legislative chamber"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.