Legislative Leviathan: party government in the house
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Figures page
ix
List of Tables
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
Introduction
1
1.
The Weakness of Parties
2
2.
Committee Government
9
3.
An Outline of the Book
13
PART ONE. THE AUTONOMY AND DISTINCTIVENESS OF COMMITTEES
15
1.
Self-Selection and the Subgovernment Thesis
17
1.
Self-Selection
19
2.
Constituency Interests and Assignment Requests
21
3.
Accommodation of Assignment Requests
25
4.
Accommodation of Transfer Requests
32
5.
The Routinization of the Assignment Process
37
6.
WA>đr
of Norms in the Assignment Process?
39
7.
Whither Assignment Routines? The Republican Revolution
40
8.
Summary
41
2.
The Seniority System in Congress
43
1.
Seniority in the Rayburn House: The Standard View
44
2.
Reconsidering the Standard View
45
3.
The Empirical Evidence
47
4.
Interpreting the Evidence: Postwar Democratic Rule
52
5.
Interpreting the Evidence: The Republican Revolution
55
6.
Conclusion
56
3.
Subgovernments and the Representativeness of Committees
58
1.
The Previous Literature
59
2.
Data and Methodology
65
vi
Contents
3.
Results
68
4.
The Representativeness Thesis
72
5.
Conclusion
74
PART TWO. A THEORY OF ORGANIZATION
77
4.
Institutions as Solutions to Collective Dilemmas
79
1.
Collective Dilemmas
80
2.
Central Authority: The Basics
84
3.
Wfey Central Authority Is Sometimes Necessary
87
4.
Multiperiod Considerations
92
5.
Problems with Central Authority
94
6.
Conclusion
97
5.
A Theory of Legislative Parties
99
1.
The Reelection Goal
100
2.
Reelection Maximizers and Electoral Inefficiencies
112
3.
Party Leadership
115
4.
Some Criticisms of Our Theory and Our Rejoinder
123
5.
Conclusion
124
PART THREE. PARTIES AS FLOOR-VOTING COALITIONS
127
6.
On the Decline of Party Voting in Congress
129
1.
Party Voting: Trends Since
1980 130
2.
Party Voting: Trends from
1910
to the
1970s 131
3.
Party Agendas and Party Leadership Votes
135
4.
Conclusion
146
PART FOUR. PARTIES AS PROCEDURAL COALITIONS: COMMITTEE
APPOINTMENTS
149
7.
Party Loyalty and Committee Assignments
153
1.
Assignments to Control Committees
154
2.
Party Loyalty and Transfers to House Committees
155
3.
Loyalty, the Republican Revolution, and the Great Purge
of
1995 170
4.
Assignment Success of Freshmen
171
5.
Conclusion
174
8.
Contingents and Parties
176
1.
A Model of Partisan Selection
177
2.
Which Committees Contingents Will Be Representative?
178
3.
Results
188
4.
Conclusion
208
Contents
vii
PART FIVE. PARTIES AS PROCEDURAL COALITIONS: THE
SCHEDULING POWER
211
9.
The Majority Party and the Legislative Agenda
213
1.
The Speaker s Collective Scheduling Problem
215
2.
Limits on the Scheduling Power
217
3.
Committee Agendas and the Speaker
221
4.
Inter committee Logrolls
227
5.
Coalitional Stability
230
6.
Critiques and Rejoinders
232
7.
Conclusion
233
10.
Controlling the Legislative Agenda
235
1.
The Majority Party and the Committee System
236
2.
TA?e Consequences of Structural Power: The Legislative Agenda
241
3.
The Consequences of Structural Power: Public Policy
250
4.
Comments on the Postwar House
251
Conclusion
255
Appendix
1.
Uncompensated Seniority Violations, Eightieth
through Hundredth Congresses
259
Appendix
2.
A Model of the Speaker s Scheduling Preferences
263
Appendix
3.
Unchallengeable and Challengeable Vetoes
267
Appendix
4.
The Scheduling Power
269
Bibliography
275
Author Index
295
Subject Index
299
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Contents
List of Figures page
ix
List of Tables
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
Introduction
1
1.
The Weakness of Parties
2
2.
Committee Government
9
3.
An Outline of the Book
13
PART ONE. THE AUTONOMY AND DISTINCTIVENESS OF COMMITTEES
15
1.
Self-Selection and the Subgovernment Thesis
17
1.
Self-Selection
19
2.
Constituency Interests and Assignment Requests
21
3.
Accommodation of Assignment Requests
25
4.
Accommodation of Transfer Requests
32
5.
The Routinization of the Assignment Process
37
6.
WA>đr
of Norms in the Assignment Process?
39
7.
Whither Assignment Routines? The Republican Revolution
40
8.
Summary
41
2.
The Seniority System in Congress
43
1.
Seniority in the Rayburn House: The Standard View
44
2.
Reconsidering the Standard View
45
3.
The Empirical Evidence
47
4.
Interpreting the Evidence: Postwar Democratic Rule
52
5.
Interpreting the Evidence: The Republican Revolution
55
6.
Conclusion
56
3.
Subgovernments and the Representativeness of Committees
58
1.
The Previous Literature
59
2.
Data and Methodology
65
vi
Contents
3.
Results
68
4.
The Representativeness Thesis
72
5.
Conclusion
74
PART TWO. A THEORY OF ORGANIZATION
77
4.
Institutions as Solutions to Collective Dilemmas
79
1.
Collective Dilemmas
80
2.
Central Authority: The Basics
84
3.
Wfey Central Authority Is Sometimes Necessary
87
4.
Multiperiod Considerations
92
5.
Problems with Central Authority
94
6.
Conclusion
97
5.
A Theory of Legislative Parties
99
1.
The Reelection Goal
100
2.
Reelection Maximizers and Electoral Inefficiencies
112
3.
Party Leadership
115
4.
Some Criticisms of Our Theory and Our Rejoinder
123
5.
Conclusion
124
PART THREE. PARTIES AS FLOOR-VOTING COALITIONS
127
6.
On the Decline of Party Voting in Congress
129
1.
Party Voting: Trends Since
1980 130
2.
Party Voting: Trends from
1910
to the
1970s 131
3.
Party Agendas and Party Leadership Votes
135
4.
Conclusion
146
PART FOUR. PARTIES AS PROCEDURAL COALITIONS: COMMITTEE
APPOINTMENTS
149
7.
Party Loyalty and Committee Assignments
153
1.
Assignments to Control Committees
154
2.
Party Loyalty and Transfers to House Committees
155
3.
Loyalty, the Republican Revolution, and the Great Purge
of
1995 170
4.
Assignment Success of Freshmen
171
5.
Conclusion
174
8.
Contingents and Parties
176
1.
A Model of Partisan Selection
177
2.
Which Committees'Contingents Will Be Representative?
178
3.
Results
188
4.
Conclusion
208
Contents
vii
PART FIVE. PARTIES AS PROCEDURAL COALITIONS: THE
SCHEDULING POWER
211
9.
The Majority Party and the Legislative Agenda
213
1.
The Speaker's Collective Scheduling Problem
215
2.
Limits on the Scheduling Power
217
3.
Committee Agendas and the Speaker
221
4.
Inter committee Logrolls
227
5.
Coalitional Stability
230
6.
Critiques and Rejoinders
232
7.
Conclusion
233
10.
Controlling the Legislative Agenda
235
1.
The Majority Party and the Committee System
236
2.
TA?e Consequences of Structural Power: The Legislative Agenda
241
3.
The Consequences of Structural Power: Public Policy
250
4.
Comments on the Postwar House
251
Conclusion
255
Appendix
1.
Uncompensated Seniority Violations, Eightieth
through Hundredth Congresses
259
Appendix
2.
A Model of the Speaker's Scheduling Preferences
263
Appendix
3.
Unchallengeable and Challengeable Vetoes
267
Appendix
4.
The Scheduling Power
269
Bibliography
275
Author Index
295
Subject Index
299 |
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