This detailed analysis examines the structure of Republican committee membership in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1980 and 1995. Douglas Koopman's account of the House Republicans' rise to majority status describes the strategies adopted by the Republican minority to oppose the majority's legislative efforts. The author explains how their actions as a minority provide insight into the current and future Republican policy agenda. Delineating the motives of the House Republican leadership and their varying degrees of party loyalty, Hostile Takeover astutely explains that by transforming their resistance to Democratic initiatives into aggressive assaults on the entire majority agenda, House Republicans positioned themselves to take power after the watershed 1994 elections and to define a new range of legitimate political discourse.

Hostile Takeover: The House Republican Party, 1980-1995

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Hostile Takeover

This detailed analysis examines the structure of Republican committee membership in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1980 and 1995. Douglas Koopman's account of the House Republicans' rise to majority status describes the strategies adopted by the Republican minority to oppose the majority's legislative efforts. The author explains how their actions as a minority provide insight into the current and future Republican policy agenda. Delineating the motives of the House Republican leadership and their varying degrees of party loyalty, Hostile Takeover astutely explains that by transforming their resistance to Democratic initiatives into aggressive assaults on the entire majority agenda, House Republicans positioned themselves to take power after the watershed 1994 elections and to define a new range of legitimate political discourse.

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This detailed analysis examines the structure of Republican committee membership in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1980 and 1995. Douglas Koopman's account of the House Republicans' rise to majority status describes the strategies adopted by the Republican minority to oppose the majority's legislative efforts. The author explains how their actions as a minority provide insight into the current and future Republican policy agenda. Delineating the motives of the House Republican leadership and their varying degrees of party loyalty, Hostile Takeover astutely explains that by transforming their resistance to Democratic initiatives into aggressive assaults on the entire majority agenda, House Republicans positioned themselves to take power after the watershed 1994 elections and to define a new range of legitimate political discourse.

This book is an edited volume of the writings and speeches of the late Paul B. Henry, a former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and professor of political science at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The writings by Paul Henry are supplemented by ten essays written by prominent friends and colleagues of Mr. Henry, including Speaker of the U.S. House Dennis Hastert, former Oregon Senator Mark O. Hatfield, nationally syndicated columnist David S. Broder, and Fuller Theological Seminary President Richard J. Mouw. In addition, there are introductory and interpretive comments by Professor Douglas Koopman, who serves as the Program Director of the Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics at Calvin College. The book is a timeless, and thus timely, contribution to the renewed debate about appropriately mixing religious faith and public life.

Serving the Claims of Justice : The Thoughts of Paul B. Henry

Henry, Paul B.

Calvin College Alumni Assn

Understanding American Politics, Second Edition

Understanding American Politics provides a unique introduction to the contemporary political landscape of the United States by using as its core organizing feature the idea of "American exceptionalism," a concept that is at least as old as Tocqueville's study of American democracy. 
The second edition of Understanding American Politics maintains the unique strengths of the first edition while offering improved coverage of political institutions. A single omnibus chapter on institutions has been reorganized and split into three separate chapters on Congress, the presidency, and the courts. A new chapter on public opinion has also been included, and the chapter on religion and politics has been completely rewritten with a deeper appreciation of religion's influential role. The book has been revised throughout, taking into account the dramatic changes that have emerged since the 2010 congressional elections and the 2012 presidential election. The text also pays close attention to what is seen as the irreversible decline in America's global influence.
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Hostile Takeover: The House Republican Party, 1980-1995

Hostile Takeover

Hostile Takeover

Serving the Claims of Justice : The Thoughts of Paul B. Henry

Understanding American Politics, Second Edition