“Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House”

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“Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House” is a prominent scholarly book that analyzes how party leadership and organization shape lawmaking and power dynamics in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
scholarly work ⓘ
academicDiscipline institutional analysis ⓘ
legislative studies ⓘ
analyzes how party leadership shapes lawmaking ⓘ
power dynamics within the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
argues that majority parties use procedural control to maintain policy advantages ⓘ
that parties act as legislative cartels controlling the agenda ⓘ
author Gary W. Cox ⓘ
Mathew D. McCubbins ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
examines institutional rules as solutions to collective action problems ⓘ
intra-party coordination problems ⓘ
relationship between parties and committees ⓘ
fieldOfStudy American government ⓘ
legislative politics ⓘ
political science ⓘ
focusesOn committee system in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
majority party power in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
role of party leaders in structuring legislative outcomes ⓘ
rules and procedures of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
genre American politics scholarship ⓘ
legislative studies ⓘ
political science literature ⓘ
hasReputationFor being a foundational work in modern legislative studies ⓘ
providing a formal theoretical account of party power in Congress ⓘ
influenced research on party government in legislatures ⓘ
scholarship on congressional organization ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject United States House of Representatives ⓘ
agenda control ⓘ
congressional organization ⓘ
lawmaking process ⓘ
legislative parties ⓘ
party government ⓘ
party leadership ⓘ
setting U.S. Congress ⓘ
U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
theoreticalApproach collective action theory ⓘ
rational choice institutionalism ⓘ
usedIn graduate courses on American politics ⓘ
graduate courses on legislative behavior ⓘ
seminars on political institutions ⓘ

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