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• catalog abstract "As early as 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville found the House of Representatives 'remarkable for its vulgarity and its poverty of talent'. In 1925, House Speaker Nicholas Longworth said, 'we [the House] were unpopular when Lincoln was a Congressman. We were unpopular even when John Quincy Adams was a Congressman. We were unpopular even when Henry Clay was a Congressman. We have always been unpopular'. One of the major causes of the House's unpopularity throughout the years has been its inability to legislate broad public policies. Yet for all the criticism directed at the House, we know that at certain critical points it has legislated major, long-lasting public policy changes. This book examines the House during three such periods of policy innovations: the Civil War, the 1890's, and the New Deal. How and under what conditions does the House - noted for obstructionism - create majorities capable of governing? The author asserts that critical elections create conditions in the House that enable the majority party to legislate significant policy changes. House elections are normally determined by local factors, but certain elections are dominated by national, cross-cutting issues. The results of these critical elections vary from a change in the majority party to the replacement of both the majority and minority by new parties. The Civil War realignment replaced the Whigs with a new party - the Republicans. In the 1890's realignment the Democratic Party adopted the policy positions of a third party - the Populists. The New Deal realignment saw the Democrats replace the Republicans as the majority power. For each of these critical periods the author uses statistical analysis to examine the way electoral results affected the composition of the congressional parties, the structure of committees, the strength of the party system, and policy decisions. In the final chapter, the author speculates on conditions for policy change outside critical election periods.--Publisher description.".
• catalog contributor b2115099.
• catalog created "c1988.".
• catalog date "1988".
• catalog date "c1988.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1988.".
• catalog description "As early as 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville found the House of Representatives 'remarkable for its vulgarity and its poverty of talent'. In 1925, House Speaker Nicholas Longworth said, 'we [the House] were unpopular when Lincoln was a Congressman. We were unpopular even when John Quincy Adams was a Congressman. We were unpopular even when Henry Clay was a Congressman. We have always been unpopular'. One of the major causes of the House's unpopularity throughout the years has been its inability to legislate broad public policies. Yet for all the criticism directed at the House, we know that at certain critical points it has legislated major, long-lasting public policy changes. This book examines the House during three such periods of policy innovations: the Civil War, the 1890's, and the New Deal. ".
• catalog description "Bibliography: p. [196]-205.".
• catalog description "For each of these critical periods the author uses statistical analysis to examine the way electoral results affected the composition of the congressional parties, the structure of committees, the strength of the party system, and policy decisions. In the final chapter, the author speculates on conditions for policy change outside critical election periods.--Publisher description.".
• catalog description "How and under what conditions does the House - noted for obstructionism - create majorities capable of governing? The author asserts that critical elections create conditions in the House that enable the majority party to legislate significant policy changes. House elections are normally determined by local factors, but certain elections are dominated by national, cross-cutting issues. The results of these critical elections vary from a change in the majority party to the replacement of both the majority and minority by new parties. The Civil War realignment replaced the Whigs with a new party - the Republicans. In the 1890's realignment the Democratic Party adopted the policy positions of a third party - the Populists. The New Deal realignment saw the Democrats replace the Republicans as the majority power. ".
• catalog description "The great dilemma : slavery and the Civil War realignment -- Assuring America's industrial future : the 1890's realignment -- An across-the-board realignment : the New Deal -- Committees and policy making in critical eras -- Competitive party systems and the votes-to-seats ratio.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 212 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0804714428 (alk. paper) :".
• catalog isPartOf "Stanford studies in the new political history".
• catalog issued "1988".
• catalog issued "c1988.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "328.73/09 19".
• catalog subject "Elections United States History 19th century.".
• catalog subject "Elections United States History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "JK231 .B73 1988".
• catalog subject "Political planning United States History 19th century.".
• catalog subject "Political planning United States History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "United States. Congress. House History 19th century.".
• catalog subject "United States. Congress. House History 20th century.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The great dilemma : slavery and the Civil War realignment -- Assuring America's industrial future : the 1890's realignment -- An across-the-board realignment : the New Deal -- Committees and policy making in critical eras -- Competitive party systems and the votes-to-seats ratio.".
• catalog title "Critical elections and congressional policy making / David W. Brady.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".