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Party Polarization in Congress.
Theriault examines how Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill have become polarized since the early 1970s.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Party Polarization in the U.S. Congress; I. The Argument of the Book; II. Conclusions Reached in the Extant Literature; III. The Plan of the Book; PART I BUILDING BLOCKS FOR EXPLAINING PARTY POLARIZATION; 2 A Brief History of Party Polarization; 3 Explanations for Party Polarization; PART II CONSTITUENCY CHANGE; 4 Redistricting; 5 The Political and Geographic Sorting of Constituents; 6 Extremism of Party Activists; PART III INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; 7 Connecting Constituency Change to Institutional Change.
- 8 The Interaction in the Legislative Process9 The Link between the House and the Senate; 10 Procedural Polarization in the U.S. Congress; Bibliography; Index.