The Speaker of the House: A Study of Leadership

by Matthew N. Green

Overview

Matthew N. Green provides the first comprehensive analysis of how the Speaker of the House has exercised legislative leadership from 1940 to the present. Green finds that the Speaker’s party loyalty is tempered by a host of competing objectives, including reelection, passage of desired public policy laws, handling the interests of the president, and meeting the demands of the House as a whole.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780300153187
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Publication date:	05/25/2010
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Matthew Green is Assistant Professor of Politics at Catholic University of America.

Editorial Reviews

". . . a very fine book. Anyone interested in legislative leadership should read this book."—David T. Canon, Congress & the Presidency

Congress & the Presidency - David T. Canon

Finalist for the 2013 D. B. Hardeman Prize, given by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation.

Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation - 2013 D. B. Hardeman Prize Finalist