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Money in the House : campaign funds and congressional party politics / Marian Currinder.
Author
Currinder, Marian
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2009.
Description
ix, 230 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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JK1319 .C88 2009
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United States Congress House
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United States Congress House
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Elections
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Campaign funds
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United States
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United States
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Politics and government
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1945-1989
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United States
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Politics and government
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1989-
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Series
Transforming American politics series (2002)
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Transforming American politics
Summary note
"This book provides a compelling look at how the drive to raise campaign money has come to dominate congressional party politics. Author Marian Currinder examines the rise of member-to-member and member-to-party giving as part of a broader process that encourages ambitious House members to compete for power by raising money for the party and its candidates. In order to give for the good of the whole, lawmakers must devote ever increasing amounts of time to fundraising. The fundraising expectations for members who wish to advance in the chamber are even higher. Currinder argues that the new "rule of money" is fundamentally altering the way House members pursue power and the way congressional parties define and reward loyalty."--Jacket.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-218) and index.
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Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
Introduction
1. Campaign funds and congressional party politics : an overview
Spreading wealth the old-fashioned way
The reform era
The rise of leadership PACs
The parties strike back
The money pit
Conclusion
Notes
2. Pursuing ambition in a congressional parties framework
Explaining House member behavior
Intrainstititutional ambition
Individual versus collective goals
Promoting the party by rewarding ambition
Combating the problem of fragmentation : battleground 2000
Explaining party power in the House
3. The 1970s reform era : the money chase begins
The rise of the seniority system
Out with the old and in with the new
Political change and the rise of entrepreneurial House members
The money chase begins
4. The 1980s : new directions in campaign funding
Party campaign strategies in the 1980s
The resurgence of strong leaders and party cohesion
Patterns of member-to-member giving
Partisan politics heats up
Notes.
5. A republican revolution in politics and money : the Gingrich era
The Contract with America
The 1994 Republican revolution
The new Republican majority and institutional reform
New majority leadership strategies
Trouble in the ranks
The end of the Gingrich era
6. Paying to play : redistributing money in the post-Gingrich era
Democrats rev up the money machine
Broader trends in the redistribution of campaign money
Pursuing intrainstitutional power within a party framework
Beyond 2000 : the Republican majority hangs on, but how long?
7. Campaign funds and the new democratic majority
Republican turmoil
Democrats take the reins
Consequences and challenges
Epilogue
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index.
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ISBN
9780813343792 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813343798 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2008013147
OCLC
222249358
RCP
H - S
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