Legislative Learning : The 104th Republican Freshmen in the House.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1: The Watershed Congress and Theory Development -- CHAPTER 2: 1997: Three Scenes from Act II of the GOP Revolution -- CHAPTER 3: The Reelection Goal and Ambition Theory: Mayhew and Fenno Revisited -- CHAPTER 4: The Development of 104th Freshman Class Cohesion -- CHAPTER 5: Perspectives of the 104th GOP Freshmen: An Overview -- CHAPTER 6: Freshmen and Principles: The Contract as Mission -- CHAPTER 7: Freshmen and Principals: The Perception of a Mandate -- CHAPTER 8: The Freshmen as a Political Unit: Limitations and Dimensions -- CHAPTER 9: Leadership and Freshman Class Power Relations in the House -- CHAPTER 10: Learning by Doing: The Progress of the 104th Class -- CHAPTER 11: Putting the 104th Freshman Class into Perspective -- Appendix A: Interview List -- Appendix B: Research Design and Data Acquisition -- References -- Index.
Barnett shows how political environments can produce legislators who place a premium on their policy-making goals through a nuanced exploration of factors undergirding member perceptions, policy ambitions, class cohesion, and legislative learning.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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