Parties and policies : how the American government works /

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In this wide-ranging new volume, one of our most important and perceptive scholars of the workings of the American government investigates political parties, politicians, elections, and policymaking to discover why public policy emerges in the shape that it does. David R. Mayhew looks at two centuri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mayhew, David R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2008]
Temas:
Political planning > United States.
Political parties > United States.
Policy sciences.
Politique publique > États-Unis.
Sciences de la politique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > National.
Political parties.
Political planning.
Politics and government
Beleidsvorming.
Overheid.
Politieke partijen.
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States.
Verenigde Staten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The electoral incentive
  • Congressional elections : the case of the vanishing marginals
  • Why did V.O. Key draw back from his "have-nots" claim?
  • Divided party control : does it make a difference?
  • Clinton, the 103d Congress, and unified party control : what are the lessons?
  • U.S. policy waves in comparative context
  • Presidential elections and policy change : how much of a connection is there?
  • Innovative midterm elections
  • Electoral realignments
  • Actions in the public sphere
  • Supermajority rule in the U.S. Senate
  • Wars and American politics
  • Events as causes : the case of American politics
  • Incumbency advantage in U.S. presidential elections : the historical record.

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