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Building the Bloc
Ruth Bloch Rubin
其他書名
Intraparty Organization in the US Congress
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 2017-08-11
主題
Political Science / American Government / Legislative Branch
Political Science / History & Theory
Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties
Political Science / Constitutions
Political Science / American Government / National
Political Science / American Government / General
ISBN
1316510425
9781316510421
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=bLYrDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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Traversing more than a century of American history, this book advances a new theory of congressional organization to explain why and how party dissidents rely on institutions of their own making, arguing that these intraparty organizations can radically shift the balance of power between party leaders and rank-and-file members. Intraparty organizations empower legislators of varying ideological stripes to achieve collective and coordinated action by providing selective incentives to cooperative members, transforming public-good policies into excludable accomplishments, and helping members to institute rules and procedures to promote group decision making. Drawing on rich archival evidence and interview data, the book details the challenges dissident lawmakers encounter when they face off against party leaders and their efforts to organize in response. Eight case studies complicate our understanding of landmark fights over rules reform, early twentieth-century economic struggles, mid-century battles over civil rights legislation, and contemporary debates over national health care and fiscal policy.