Moral Victories in the Battle for Congress Cultural Conservatism and the House GOP

"[A] rich analysis of the religious right's influence on the U.S. House of Representatives...Cohen's book occupies a once-empty niche in the literature on congressional polarization...Using a balanced mix of qualitative and quantitative methods, Cohen meticulously documents how attitudes about moral issues became increasingly polarized-and predictive of vote choice-once the religious right came onto the political scene." (Congress & the Presidency) "Few transformations in recent U.S. politics are as important as the rise of the Christian right within the GOP. Marty Cohen provides a real inside sense for how changes in recruitment have affected congressional politics." (Eric Schickler, University of California, Berkeley) "Combining statistical analysis with narrative case studies, Marty Cohen goes beyond the familiar story of Newt Gingrich and special interest groups to illuminate the conversion of the House of Representatives into a radically conservative body." (Clyde Wilcox, Georgetown University)