Party discipline in the U.S. House of Representatives
By: Kathryn Pearson
Series: Legislative politics & policy making; Legislative politics & policy making
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780472119615
Subjects: United States; Committees; United States. Congress. House; Political parties; Rules and practice
Other titles: Party discipline in the United States House of Representatives
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Party Leaders' increased power and incentives to exert discipline; title: 3. Party loyalty and the potential mechanisms of Party discipline; title: 4. Rewarding loyalty on the legislative calendar; title: 5. Where you sit (in Committee) depends on where you stand; title: 6. Building and protecting a majority with contributions to incumbents; title: 7. Conclusion : the implications of Party discipline.