The Gingrich Senators
The Roots of Partisan Warfare in Congress
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 23 May 2013
- ISBN 9780199307456
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages256 pages
- Size 152x239x22 mm
- Weight 508 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
In The Gingrich Senators, noted political scientist Sean Theriault documents how former House members, who learned politics at the knee of Newt Gingrich, have been behind the transformation of the U.S. Senate from the venerated chamber of the 1950s into the partisan battleground that is regularly the scorn of even the senators themselves.
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The Senate of the mid twentieth century, which was venerated by journalists, historians, and senators alike, is today but a distant memory. Electioneering on the Senate floor, playing games with the legislative process, and questioning your fellow senators' motives have become commonplace.
In this book, noted political scientist Sean Theriault documents the Senate's demise over the last 30 years by showing how one group of senators has been at the forefront of this transformation. He calls this group the "Gingrich Senators " and defines them as Republican senators who previously served in the House after 1978, the year of Newt Gingrich's first election to the House. He shows how the Gingrich Senators are more conservative, more likely to engage in tactics that obstruct the legislative process, and more likely to oppose Democratic presidents than even their fellow other Republicans. Phil Gramm, Rick Santorum, Jim DeMint, and Tom Coburn are just four examples of the group that has includes 40 total senators and 22 currently serving senators.
Theriault first documents the ideological distinctiveness of the Gingrich Senators and examines possible explanations for it. He then shows how the Gingrich Senators behave as partisan warriors, which has radically transformed the way the Senate operates as an institution, by using cutthroat tactics, obstructionism, and legislative games. He concludes the book by examining the fate of the Gingrich Senators and the future of the U.S. Senate.
Theriault makes a strong argument that the primary source of ideological polarization in today's Senate stems from the 'Gingrich Senators,' the Republican senators who previously served in the US House, and were elected to the House after 1978, when Newt Gingrich was first elected... Party polarization in Congress is undoubtedly one of the most pressing policy-making challenges in the US, making this analysis particularly timely and relevant. Theriault's research offers both a compelling, readable explanation of polarization and a foundation for further research... Highly recommended.
Table of Contents:
Part I. An Introduction to the Gingrich Senators
Chapter 1. The Partisan Senate
Chapter 2. Newt Gingrich and the House of Representatives in the 1980s
Part II. The Gingrich Senators as Party Polarizers
Chapter 3. The Gingrich Senators and Party Polarization in the U.S. Senate
Chapter 4. The Constituencies of the Gingrich Senators
Chapter 5. The Effect of Personal Characteristics and Proximity to Newt Gingrich on the Gingrich Senators
Chapter 6. Getting in and Staying in the U.S. Senate
Part III. The Gingrich Senators as Partisan Warriors
Chapter 7. Compatriots in the Battle? The Other Republican Senators
Chapter 8. The Gingrich Senators as Partisan Warriors on Roll-Call Votes
Chapter 9. The Gingrich Senators as Partisan Warriors beyond Roll-Call Votes
Part IV. The Future of the Gingrich Senators
Chapter 10. The 2010 Elections, the 112th Congress, and the Tea Party
Chapter 11. The Future of the U.S. Senate
