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Underdog Politics

MATTHEW N. GREEN

2015

Overview

In the first comprehensive study of the subject in decades, political scholar Matthew Green disputes the conventional belief that the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives is an unimportant political player. Examining the record of the House minority party from 1970 to the present, and drawing from a wide range of quantitative and qualitative data, Green shows how and why the minority seeks to influence legislative and political outcomes and demonstrates that the party's efforts can succeed. The result is a fascinating appreciation of what the House minority can do and why it does it, providing readers with new insights into the workings of this famously contentious legislative chamber.

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Subject: 1945–1989 / 1989 / Democratic Party (U.S.) / Democratic Party (U.S.) fast / Opposition (Political science) / Opposition (Political science) -- United States / Opposition (Political science) fast / Opposition (Science politique) -- États-Unis / Political parties / Political parties -- United States / Political parties fast / POLITICAL SCIENCE / POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch bisacsh / POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Conservatism & Liberalism bisacsh / POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties bisacsh / POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties / POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch / Politics and govenment / Politics and government / Politics and government fast / Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) fast / Republican Party (U.S. : 1854–) / United States / United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 / United States -- Politics and government -- 1989 / United States Congress / United States Congress fast / United States. Congress. House / États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1945-1989 / États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1989
• ISBN: 9780300181036, 0300181035, 0300182260, 9780300182262