The effect of increased incumbency margins upon partisanship in the Congress

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dc.contributor.advisorAlford, John R.en_US
dc.creatorYoung, Harriet Hopkinsen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:29:56Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:29:56Zen_US
dc.date.issued1989en_US
dc.description.abstractBeginning with work by Robert Erickson in the early 1970's, there has been a substantial amount of research into the phenomenon known as incumbency advantage. There has also been a significant growth in the analysis of Congress based upon the rational choice model, using the desire for reelection as the basis for modelling congressional behavior. As always, there is an ongoing debate about the value of congressional output. To date, there has been no attempt to examine the impact of the growth of incumbency advantage upon congressional behavior. This paper attempts to measure the effects of incumbency, operationalized as tenure and winning margins, upon congressional behavior as reflected by voting scores complied by CQ over the post war period. If the rational choice model is correct, we expect to find that increased safety has led to less presidential support and less party unity. The mass of evidence presented here reveals no such pattern associated with increased margins or increased tenure.en_US
dc.format.extent127 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoThesis Pol. Sci. 1989 Youngen_US
dc.identifier.citationYoung, Harriet Hopkins. "The effect of increased incumbency margins upon partisanship in the Congress." (1989) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16314">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/16314</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/16314en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectPolitical scienceen_US
dc.subjectPublic administrationen_US
dc.titleThe effect of increased incumbency margins upon partisanship in the Congressen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPolitical Scienceen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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