"Evans’s analysis is possible only because of the tremendous amount of labor he put into the project, including trips to multiple congressional archives around the country and painstaking coding of more than a thousand whip tallies dating back to the 1950s."
--Washington Monthly
— Washington Monthly
"A close read offers many fascinating and intriguing insights into Congress’s decision making. And, in the end, The Whips constitutes a worthy guide to anyone seeking to better explain congressional decisions."
--Perspectives on Politics
— Perspectives on Politics
Winner, 2019 Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Prize from the legislative studies section of the American Political Science Association for the best book published in legislative studies.
— Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Prize, American Political Science Association
"In The Whips, C. Lawrence Evans... turns in an impressive study that should challenge congressional scholars to think more assiduously about the mechanisms and challenges of party influence, even in the contemporary, highly-partisan Congress." —Congress & the Presidency
— James M. Curry, Congress & the Presidency
“This is a superb treatment of an important subject. Every scholar of Congress, every practitioner of congressional politics, and every student, graduate and undergraduate, will learn important lessons about Congress from this book. The book is exceptionally well researched, written with flare, and remarkably comprehensive. The new data brought to bear on important issues is unparalleled in the field.”
—Steven Smith, Washington University in St. Louis
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“Evans provides us with an engaging, well-written, and detailed study of the whip system that sheds new light on congressional coalition-building and intra-party politics. I highly recommend Evans's significant empirical and theoretical contribution to scholars' understanding of congressional party leadership, congressional procedure, members' voting decisions, and the legislative process more generally.”
—Kathryn Pearson, University of Minnesota
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“Some noteworthy advances in the understanding of Congress stem from new theoretical contributions, while others are the result of gathering significant new data. This book scores on both counts. Larry Evans has thought deeply about the roles of party whips and he has also marshalled remarkable empirical evidence to support his contentions. Everyone interested in Congress will want to read this book.”
—David Rohde, Duke University
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Winner: American Political Science Association (APSA) 2019 Richard F. Fenno Jr. Prize— Legislative Studies
— APSA Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Prize
"In The Whips, C. Lawrence Evans... turns in an impressive study that should challenge congressional scholars to think more assiduously about the mechanisms and challenges of party influence, even in the contemporary, highly-partisan Congress." —Congress the Presidency
— James M. Curry, Congress & the Presidency
"A close read offers many fascinating and intriguing insights into Congress’s decision making. And, in the end, The Whips constitutes a worthy guide to anyone seeking to better explain congressional decisions."
--Perspectives on Politics
— Perspectives on Politics
"Evans’s analysis is possible only because of the tremendous amount of labor he put into the project, including trips to multiple congressional archives around the country and painstaking coding of more than a thousand whip tallies dating back to the 1950s."
--Washington Monthly
— Washington Monthly