{"product_id":"the-1976-house-majority-leadership-contest-stepping-stone-in-the-transition-to-conditional-party-government-hardback-9780700636952","title":"The 1976 House Majority Leadership Contest; Stepping Stone in the Transition to Conditional Party Government (Hardback) 9780700636952","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe 1976 House Majority Leadership Contest\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStepping Stone in the Transition to Conditional Party Government\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBruce I. Oppenheimer (Author), Robert L. Peabody (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780700636952\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 August 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages, 6 figures, 11 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.453 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 1976 race for House majority leader was one of the most compelling and consequential in the history of Congress. Oppenheimer and Peabody’s study—the best ever written about that race—is, at long last, in print.\"\"—Matthew Green, author of \u003ci\u003eNewt Gingrich: The Rise and Fall of a Party Entrepreneur\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Speaker of the House: A Study of Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnderdog Politics: The Minority Party in the U.S. House of Representatives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\"There is no better account of a party leadership contest in Congress. Few leadership contests were more consequential than the battle for House majority leader in 1976. Written by brilliant political scientists Bruce Oppenheimer and Bob Peabody, this monograph is both an unmatched insider account and an insightful theoretical application. What makes this story so truly exceptional is the way Oppenheimer rounds out the story with the perspective he has gained from nearly a half century as one of the keenest observers of congressional politics.\"\"—Steven S. Smith, coauthor of \u003ci\u003ePolitics Over Process: Partisan Conflict and Post-Passage Processes in the U.S. Congress\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Senate Syndrome: The Evolution of Procedural Warfare in the Modern U.S. Senate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\"\u003ci\u003eThe 1976 House Majority Leadership Contest\u003c\/i\u003e is a scholarly collaboration four and a half decades in the making, and is well worth the wait! Congressional experts Bruce Oppenheimer and the late Robert Peabody combine insider access to a pivotal House leadership race with decades of informed perspective to track the emergence of conditional party government. Highly recommended, especially for anyone interested in history, Congress, or House leadership.\"\"—Jeffrey Crouch, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Presidential Pardon Power\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Unitary Executive Theory: A Danger to Constitutional Government\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNewt Gingrich: The Rise and Fall of a Party Entrepreneur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this book, Bruce I. Oppenheimer and the late Robert L. Peabody analyze the 1976 House majority leader race and present the result of their unrivaled insider access to this turning point in congressional history. This fierce contest among the Democratic leadership marked the transition of the House of Representatives into the party-dominated institution that is so familiar today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1976 election, in which the Democrats consolidated the gains made in 1974, led to two important changes in House Democratic leadership. After Carl Albert’s retirement, Majority Leader Thomas “Tip” O’Neill, Jr., of Massachusetts advanced unopposed to the Speakership. This led to a contest between four formidable candidates for the position of majority leader: Rules Committee Spokesman Richard Bolling of Missouri, Caucus Chairman Phillip Burton of California, Majority Whip John McFall of California, and Representative James C. Wright, Jr., of Texas. It was arguably the most competitive contest for a major leadership position in congressional history. Ultimately, it took extensive campaigning and three ballots before Wright emerged victorious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the race, Oppenheimer and Peabody conducted lengthy interviews with the candidates and their principal supporters, resulting in their eye-opening analysis of this contest as a key stepping stone between committee government and conditional party government in the House of Representatives that continues to the present day. The authors first presented their original research on the 1976 House majority leader contest at the 1977 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. With that original groundbreaking paper at its core, this book adds new chapters by Oppenheimer that evaluate the accuracy of the study and provide richer historical context, showing how congressional politics changed in the years after the 1976 contest. Their original study was the result of the greatest access that political scientists have ever had to a congressional leadership race, and it has enduring value for understanding our current political crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I The House Majority Leadership Contest, 1976\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Abstract and Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. An Application of Game Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Institutionalization of Party Leadership\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. An Overview of the Majority Leadership Candidates, 1976\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. O’\u003cbr\u003eNeill'\u003cbr\u003es Neutrality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Aligning Support\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. The Final Drive for Commitments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. The Caucus Acts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Analysis of the Outcome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Some Now and Future Consequences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: Looking Back and Looking Forward\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Hindsight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. The House Transitions: The Pathway to Conditional Party Government\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. Aftermath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University Press of Kansas","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530998608152,"sku":"9780700636952","price":33.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-1976-house-majority-leadership-contest-stepping-stone-in-the-transition-to-conditional-party-government-hardback-9780700636952","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}