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American politics
Author_Gary Cox
Author_Samuel Kernell
Category=JP
Congressional Parties
Contract Curve
Democratic congresses
Democratic House Majority
Divided Control
Divided Government
Divided Party Control
Eleventh Hour
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Federal Tax Receipts
Holman Rule
House Appropriations Committee
institutional divisions
Majority Party Caucus
Median Voter
Median Voter Model
Median Voter Theorem
partisan conflict
Partisan Control
Party Disunity
Political Parties
Republican Challengers
Republican presidents
Reversion Level
Reversion Point
Split Ticket Voting
Swing Ratio
Unified Democratic Control
Unified Party Control
Unified State Government
Product details
- ISBN 9780367310554
- Weight: 399g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 31 May 2021
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Partisan conflict between the White House and Congress is now a dominant feature of national politics in the United States. What the Constitution sought to institute—a system of checks and balances—divided government has taken to extremes: institutional divisions so deep that national challenges like balancing the federal budget or effectively regulating the nation's savings and loans have become insurmountable. In original essays written especially for this volume, eight of the leading scholars in American government address the causes and consequences of divided party control. Their essays, written with a student audience in mind, take up such timely questions as: Why do voters consistently elect Republican presidents and Democratic congresses? How does divided control shape national policy on crucial issues such as the declaration of war? How have presidents adapted their leadership strategies to the circumstance of divided government? And, how has Congress responded in the way it writes laws and oversees departmental performance? These issues and a host of others are addressed in this compact yet comprehensive volume. The distinguished lineup of contributors promises to make this book "must" reading for both novice and serious students of elections, Congress, and the presidency.
Gary W. Can, Samuelain
