Leaders and followers in the house of representatives: Reflections on woodrow wilson’s congressional government
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Rohde, DW; Shepsle, KA
Published in: Congress and the Presidency
January 1, 1987
This paper examines the role of leadership in the U.S. House in the context of arguments raised in Woodrow Wilson’s Congressional Government. It begins with a discussion of the speakerships of Henry Clay and Thomas Reed as counterexamples to Wilson’s generalizations (a model that links the degree of preference homogeneity among legislative followers to a leader’s decision about whether to exert policy leadership is presented in an Appendix). Next we argue that preference homogeneity, leadership style and institutional structure form a kind of equilibrium, drawing on the history of the House for supporting evidence. Finally we discuss the application of our theory to House Democrats in the 1980s. © 1987 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
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Congress and the Presidency
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1944-1053
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0734-3469
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January 1, 1987
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2
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Rohde, D. W., & Shepsle, K. A. (1987). Leaders and followers in the house of representatives: Reflections on woodrow wilson’s congressional government. Congress and the Presidency, 14(2), 111–133. https://doi.org/10.1080/07343468709507958
Rohde, D. W., and K. A. Shepsle. “Leaders and followers in the house of representatives: Reflections on woodrow wilson’s congressional government.” Congress and the Presidency 14, no. 2 (January 1, 1987): 111–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/07343468709507958.
Rohde DW, Shepsle KA. Leaders and followers in the house of representatives: Reflections on woodrow wilson’s congressional government. Congress and the Presidency. 1987 Jan 1;14(2):111–33.
Rohde, D. W., and K. A. Shepsle. “Leaders and followers in the house of representatives: Reflections on woodrow wilson’s congressional government.” Congress and the Presidency, vol. 14, no. 2, Jan. 1987, pp. 111–33. Scopus, doi:10.1080/07343468709507958.
Rohde DW, Shepsle KA. Leaders and followers in the house of representatives: Reflections on woodrow wilson’s congressional government. Congress and the Presidency. 1987 Jan 1;14(2):111–133.
Published In
Congress and the Presidency
DOI
EISSN
1944-1053
ISSN
0734-3469
Publication Date
January 1, 1987
Volume
14
Issue
2
Start / End Page
111 / 133