Hostile Takeover - The House Republican Party, 1980-1995

This detailed analysis examines the structure of Republican committee membership in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1980 and 1995. Douglas Koopman's account of the House Republicans' rise to majority status describes the strategies adopted by the Republican minority to oppose the majority's legislative efforts. The author explains how their actions as a minority provide insight into the current and future Republican policy agenda. Delineating the motives of the House Republican leadership and their varying degrees of party loyalty, Hostile Takeover astutely explains that by transforming their resistance to Democratic initiatives into aggressive assaults on the entire majority agenda, House Republicans positioned themselves to take power after the watershed 1994 elections and to define a new range of legitimate political discourse.

About the author

After serving on the professional staff of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, Douglas L. Koopman is now assistant professor of political science at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Summary

This analysis examines the structure of Republican committee membership in the US House of Representatives between 1978 and 1995. It is intended to be of interest to students and scholars of Congressional and party politics.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas L Koopman, Douglas L. Koopman, Koopman Douglas L.
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.06.1996
• EAN: 9780847681686
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8168-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Studies in American Political Institutions and Public Policy; Studies in American Political; Studies in American Political Institutions and Public Policy; Studies in American Political
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, 1990 bis 1999 n. Chr., 1980 bis 1989 n. Chr., Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, 1970 bis 1979 n. Chr., Political Parties, Politische Parteien, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Political structure & processes, United States of America, USA, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Political structure and processes, Political parties and party platforms