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Green and Crouch use the analytical tools of political science to understand one of the most controversial--and increasingly representative--party entrepreneurs of modern times, Newt Gingrich. A thoughtful account of the former Speaker of the House.--Julian E. Zelizer, professor of political history, Princeton University, and author of Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party Green and Crouch have produced a superb account of Newt Gingrich's political career. With deep research, crisp writing, and fair-minded analysis, this book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand American political parties and congressional leadership.--John J. Pitney Jr., author of After Reagan: Bush, Dukakis, and the 1988 Election Matthew N. Green and Jeffrey Crouch's thoroughly researched, regularly insightful, and highly informative book will likely become, as it should, the definitive assessment of Newt Gingrich's time in Congress. His role in seizing and using then-emerging trends in partisanship and polarization continues in Congress today and shapes American politics more broadly. The book is thoroughly researched, regularly insightful, and highly informative. Green and Crouch's careful extension of the legislative entrepreneurship model to the partisan arena is well-considered and highly explanatory in contextualizing and explaining the former Speaker's career in the House.--Douglas Koopman, Calvin University

"""This excellent book unpacks Newt Gingrich as a politician and strategist and is an important contribution to the literature on congressional leadership. Highly recommended.""--Choice ""Green and Crouch use the analytical tools of political science to understand one of the most controversial--and increasingly representative--party entrepreneurs of modern times, Newt Gingrich. A thoughtful account of the former Speaker of the House.""--Julian E. Zelizer, professor of political history, Princeton University, and author of Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party ""Green and Crouch have produced a superb account of Newt Gingrich's political career. With deep research, crisp writing, and fair-minded analysis, this book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand American political parties and congressional leadership.""--John J. Pitney Jr., author of After Reagan: Bush, Dukakis, and the 1988 Election ""Matthew N. Green and Jeffrey Crouch's thoroughly researched, regularly insightful, and highly informative book will likely become, as it should, the definitive assessment of Newt Gingrich's time in Congress. His role in seizing and using then-emerging trends in partisanship and polarization continues in Congress today and shapes American politics more broadly. Green and Crouch's careful extension of the legislative entrepreneurship model to the partisan arena is well-considered and highly explanatory in contextualizing and explaining the former Speaker's career in the House.""--Douglas Koopman, Calvin University"

This excellent book unpacks Newt Gingrich as a politician and strategist and is an important contribution to the literature on congressional leadership. Highly recommended. --Choice Green and Crouch use the analytical tools of political science to understand one of the most controversial--and increasingly representative--party entrepreneurs of modern times, Newt Gingrich. A thoughtful account of the former Speaker of the House. --Julian E. Zelizer, professor of political history, Princeton University, and author of Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party Green and Crouch have produced a superb account of Newt Gingrich's political career. With deep research, crisp writing, and fair-minded analysis, this book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand American political parties and congressional leadership. --John J. Pitney Jr., author of After Reagan: Bush, Dukakis, and the 1988 Election Matthew N. Green and Jeffrey Crouch's thoroughly researched, regularly insightful, and highly informative book will likely become, as it should, the definitive assessment of Newt Gingrich's time in Congress. His role in seizing and using then-emerging trends in partisanship and polarization continues in Congress today and shapes American politics more broadly. Green and Crouch's careful extension of the legislative entrepreneurship model to the partisan arena is well-considered and highly explanatory in contextualizing and explaining the former Speaker's career in the House. --Douglas Koopman, Calvin University

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Matthew N. Green is professor of politics at The Catholic University of America and author of numerous books, including The Speaker of the House: A Study of Leadership and Underdog Politics: The Minority Party in the U.S. House of Representatives. Jeffrey Crouch is assistant professor of American politics at American University and author of The Presidential Pardon Power and coauthor of The Unitary Executive Theory: A Danger to Constitutional Government, both from Kansas.

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