Anthony Champagne

The Austin/Boston Connection

Five Decades of House Democratic Leadership, 1937-1989

Buch

For the more than fifty years that Democrats controlled the U.S. House of Representatives, leadership was divided between Massachusetts and Texas. When the Speaker was from Texas (or nearby Oklahoma), the Majority Leader was from the Boston area, and when the Speaker was from Boston, the Majority Leader was from Texas. The Austin-Boston Connection analyzes the importance of the friendships (especially mentor-protégé relationships) and enmities within congressional delegations, regional affinities, and the lynchpin practice of appointing the Democratic Whip. ANTHONY M. CHAMPAGNE is a p… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Harris, Douglas B. / Riddlesperger, James W. Jr.

ISBN: 978-1-60344-120-9
EAN: 9781603441209
Produktnummer: 4879256
Verlag: Texas A&M University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 350 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.0 cm 538 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 538

Über den Autor

ANTHONY M. CHAMPAGNE is a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. DOUGLAS B. HARRIS is an associate professor at Loyola University in Maryland. JAMES W. RIDDLESPERGER JR. is professor at Texas Christian University. GARRISON NELSON is a professor at the University of Vermont. All are political scientists.