Ronald M Peters

Biographic Data

ID3977667
NAMERonald M Peters
GIVEN NAMESRonald M
FAMILY NAMEPeters
SIGNATUREPETERS R M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Oklahoma
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS14
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT14
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1979
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
H-INDEX1

  • Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the new American politics

    Ronald M Peters, Jr Ronald M PETERS et al.BOOKSpeaker Nancy Pelosi and the new…2010

  • Assessing Nancy Pelosi

    Open AccessRonald M Peters, Cindy Simon RosenthalARTICLEThe Forum2008

    Congressional scholars have devoted considerably more attention to describing and explaining congressional leadership than to evaluating it. The election of Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives provides fresh occasion for consideration of normative criteria for assessing leadership performance. In this article we develop a set of normative criteria grounded in congressional leadership theory. We discuss recent speakerships…

  • Who is Nancy Pelosi

    Open AccessCindy Simon Rosenthal, Ronald M PetersARTICLEPS Political Science & Politics2008Cited by: 1References: 2

    The election of a Democratic majority to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 110thCongress paved the way for Nancy Pelosi of California to become the first woman speaker. As the incumbent Democratic leader, Pelosi was well known on Capitol Hill. Yet as the incoming speaker, and the first woman speaker, she faced the certainty of receiving extensive media scrutiny in the run up to the 2006 election, during the transition period, and during he…

  • Esteemed Colleagues: Civility and Deliberation in the U.S. Senate . Burdett A. Loomis

    Ronald M Peters, Ronald M Peters Ronald M PetersARTICLEThe Journal of Politics2002

  • Oliver Earl Benson

    Open AccessRonald M PetersARTICLEPS Political Science & Politics1999

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  • Principal-Agent Theories of Party Leadership Under Preference Heterogeneity: The Case of Simpson-Mazzoli

    Arturo Vega, Ronald M PetersARTICLECongress & the Presidency1996Cited by: 1References: 10

    Many contemporary theories of party leadership derive their concepts from organization theory and economic theories of rational choice. They stress the institutional contexts that shape leadership possibilities and the relationship between members (principals) and leaders (agents) in shaping leadership decisions. Both the macro (institutional context) and micro (principal-agent) theories assume that the main role of party leaders is to marshal ma…

  • Geopolitical change and congressional committee governance: The Case of the US House armed services committee

    Ronald M PetersARTICLEJournal of Legislative Studies1995References: 3

    This article examines the Armed Services Committee of the United States Houses of Representatives (HASC) at the beginning of the post‐cold war era. Utilising Fenno's 1973 framework, the article traces HASC's evolution through three periods: the ‘textbook’ period (1947–70); the transition period (1970–89); and the post‐cold war period (since 1989). It explores how changing environmental constraints and member goals have shaped its strategic premis…

  • The Speaker and the Budget. Daniel J. Palazzolo

    Ronald M Peters, Ronald M Peters Ronald M PetersARTICLEThe Journal of Politics1994

  • The American Speakership: The Office in Historical Perspective

    Michael J Laslovich, Ronald M PetersARTICLEJournal of American History1992Cited by: 1

  • Letters-to-the-Editor

    Ronald M PetersARTICLECongress & the Presidency1992

  • Examining the Policy Process

    Ronald M Peters, Ronald Peters et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review1991

  • The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780: A Social Compact

    James H Kettner, Ronald M PetersARTICLEThe New England Quarterly1979

  • The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780: A Social Compact

    Joyce Appleby, Ronald M PetersARTICLEJournal of American History1979

    Journal Article The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780: A Social Compact. By Ronald M. Peters, Jr. (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1978. xiii + 242 pp. Table, appendix, notes, bibliographic note, and index. $15.00.) Get access Joyce Appleby Joyce Appleby University of California, Los Angeles Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 66, Issue 1, June 1979, Pages 129–1…

  • The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780: A Social Compact

    Willi Paul Adams, Ronald M PetersARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1979