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Party polarization in Congress /
The political parties in Congress are as polarized as they have been in 100 years. This book examines more than 30 years of congressional history to understand how it is that the Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill have become so divided. It finds that two steps were critical for this developm...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The political parties in Congress are as polarized as they have been in 100 years. This book examines more than 30 years of congressional history to understand how it is that the Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill have become so divided. It finds that two steps were critical for this development. First, the respective parties' constituencies became more politically and ideologically aligned. Second, members ceded more power to their party leaders, who implemented procedures more frequently and with greater consequence. In fact, almost the entire rise in party polarization can be accounted for in the increasing frequency of and polarization on procedures used during the legislative process. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 243 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511438134 0511438133 0511437463 9780511437465 9780511790652 0511790651 1107386624 9781107386624 1107187486 9781107187481 9786611903404 6611903402 0511436009 9780511436000 0511435215 9780511435218 0511436785 9780511436789 |