The Contract with America and Conditional Party Government in State Legislatures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6340396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard A Clucas (0000-0003-2239-9916, Portland State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 317-328 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1065912908320667 |
| OpenAlex | W2155026753 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 26 |
This study tests two theories of legislative leadership by comparing the power of majority-party leaders in states where the Republican Party adopted a state-level version of “The Contract with America” in 1994, with that of leaders in states where no contract was adopted. Using a nationwide survey of legislators to rank power, the study finds that the lower house leaders in contract states were stronger in 1995, as were those from states in which the public was ideologically polarized along partisan lines. The results provide support for conditional party government theory while expanding our knowledge of state legislative politics
Divided government · Economics · Government (linguistics · Ideology · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Politics of the United States · Power (physics · State (computer science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
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Measuring and Explaining the Power of State Senate Leadership
Measuring State House Speakers' Formal Powers, 1981–2010
Do Term Limits “Limit” the Speaker? Examining the Effects of Legislative Term Limits on State Speaker Power
Explaining Legislative Leadership Influence
The Logic of Legislative Leadership
"Resisting "Politics as Usual
Positive Theories of Congressional Institutions
Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House
Information and Legislative Organization
Uncovering Evidence of Conditional Party Government
Changes in Professionalism in U. S. State Legislatures
Legislative Party Development and the Speaker System
Legislative Professionalism and the Power of State House Leaders
Beyond the Roll-Call Arena
On the Coattails of a Contract
Parties and Committees in the House
Positive Theories of Congressional Parties
The Old Statehouse, It Ain't What It Used to Be
Positive Theories of Congressional Institutions
Career Opportunities and Membership Stability in Legislatures
The Effects of Term Limits on State Legislatures
Artificial Extremism in Interest Group Ratings and the Preferences versus Party Debate
Principal-Agent Theory and the Power of State House Speakers
Party Discipline and Measures of Partisanship
Strategic Party Government
Conditional Party Government in the States
The Transition to Republican Rule in the House
The 1994 House Elections in Perspective
Development of a Party Role in a No-Party Legislature
Development of a Party Role in a No- Party Legislature
The Influence of Party
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2022 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |