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James Madison Rules America : the Constitutional Origins of Congressional Partisanship.
James Madison Rules America examines congressional party legislative and electoral strategy in the context of our constitutional separation of powers. In a departure from recent books that have described Congress as "the broken branch" or the "Second Civil War," William Connelly...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | James Madison Rules America examines congressional party legislative and electoral strategy in the context of our constitutional separation of powers. In a departure from recent books that have described Congress as "the broken branch" or the "Second Civil War," William Connelly argues that partisanship, polarization and the permanent campaign are an inevitable part of congressional politics. The strategic conundrum confronting both parties in the House of Representatives - whether to be part of the"government" or part of the "opposition"--Provides evidence of how concretely James Madison's C. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (351 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780742599673 0742599671 1282607634 9781282607637 |