One of only four federal offices named in the Constitution, the speakership of the US House of Representatives is second only to the presidency in political power and influence. This revised and updated text offers a political and historical account of the speakership, current through to Newt Gingrich's tenure. Arguing that the workings of Congress can best be understood from a broader historical perspective, Ronald Peters traces the evolution of the office from its early form as a "parliamentary" office through periods during which it functioned as a "feudal" institution to its present form as a "democratic" speakership.
- ISBN10 0801839556
- ISBN13 9780801839559
- Publish Date 1 March 1990
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 12 September 2003
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 368
- Language English