Agenda Control and Policy Success
Ronald Reagan and the 97th House
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7910342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Sinclair (0000-0002-7580-1940, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 291 |
| Publication date | 1985-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Legislative Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-9805 • E-ISSN: 1939-9162 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/440033 |
| OpenAlex | W2327951630 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 3 |
Scholars have asserted that nonincremental policy change, although rare in the U.S., is most likely to occur in the wake of a landslide election. Yet the mechanisms by which a landslide election results in nonincremental policy change have not been fully explored. The 97th Congress, elected in 1980, would seem to be a classic example of this phenomenon. Concentrating on the House of Representatives, this study analyzes the early economic policy success of the Reagan administration and its later more mixed record. Agenda control was crucial to those early victories and the loss of such control signaled the return to more normal politics, including much less presidential success with Congress. An analysis of Reagan's supportive coalition shows that both membership replacement and conversion among continuing members were vital to Reagan's success. Some continuing members as well as many freshmen voted as if they regarded the election as a mandate
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2015 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |