Strategic Speaker

The Goal-Driven Leadership of Speakers of the House

Green Matthew N.

In this title, Matthew N. Green provides the first comprehensive analysis of how the Speaker of the House has exercised legislative leadership from 1940 to the present. Green finds that the Speaker's party loyalty is tempered by a host of competing objectives, including reelection to the legislature, passage of desired public policy laws, handling the interests of the president, and meeting the demands of the House as a whole.

About the Author

Matthew N. Green is associate professor of politics at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies.

Reviews

"...a very fine book. Anyone interested in legislative leadership should read this book" – David T. Canon, Congress & the Presidency

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