Sean M. Theriault

The Gingrich Senators

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Produktbeschreibung

In The Gingrich Senators, noted political scientist Sean Theriault documents how former House members, who learned politics at the knee of Newt Gingrich, have been behind the transformation of the U.S. Senate from the venerated chamber of the 1950s into the partisan battleground that is regularly the scorn of even the senators themselves.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780199307463
• ISBN-10: 0199307466
• Artikelnr.: 37315955

Autorenporträt

Associate Professor of Government, University of Texas; author of Party Polarization in Congress (Cambridge UP, 2008)

Inhaltsangabe

* Part I. An Introduction to the Gingrich Senators
* Chapter 1. The Partisan Senate
* Chapter 2. Newt Gingrich and the House of Representatives in the
1980s
* Part II. The Gingrich Senators as Party Polarizers
* Chapter 3. The Gingrich Senators and Party Polarization in the U.S.
Senate
* Chapter 4. The Constituencies of the Gingrich Senators
* Chapter 5. The Effect of Personal Characteristics and Proximity to
Newt Gingrich on the Gingrich Senators
* Chapter 6. Getting in and Staying in the U.S. Senate
* Part III. The Gingrich Senators as Partisan Warriors
* Chapter 7. Compatriots in the Battle? The Other Republican Senators
* Chapter 8. The Gingrich Senators as Partisan Warriors on Roll-Call
Votes
* Chapter 9. The Gingrich Senators as Partisan Warriors beyond
Roll-Call Votes
* Part IV. The Future of the Gingrich Senators
* Chapter 10. The 2010 Elections, the 112th Congress, and the Tea Party
* Chapter 11. The Future of the U.S. Senate