The Republican Party in the US Senate, 1974-1984 : party change and institutional development
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The Republican Party in the US Senate, 1974-1984 : party change and institutional development
Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the U.S. and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1988
- pbk.
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Bibliography: p. [152]-161
Includes index
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Description
This study examines one of the most significant developments to have occurred in American politics in the last 20 years: the resurgence of the Republican Party in the Senate. Ineffective and divided in 1974, the Republicans made a dramatic recovery during the late 1970s to become the majority party of 1980. The author discusses the reasons behind the revival, and the consequences for both the Party and the Senate. He shows how the revival affected the Party itself, and discusses its impact on the norms, procedures and power structure of the Senate. He also explains how the revival has affected the Senate's relationship with the Presidency, and how it has brought into question the continued viability of the Senate as a legislature.
Table of Contents
- The interaction between Party and institution
- the electoral environment
- the New Party
- leadership problems
- Party-Presidential relations.
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