270 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
270 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction: Governing a Divided Era -- Federal Causes -- Divided Government: Is It All in the Campaigns? -- The Republican Presidential Advantage in the Age of Party Disunity -- The Persistence of Democratic House Majorities -- Federal Consequences -- Facing an Opposition Congress: The President's Strategic Circumstance -- Government on Lay-Away: Federal Spending and Deficits Under Divided Party Control -- Divided Control of Fiscal Policy -- Comparative Perspectives -- Divided Government in the States -- Lessons from the Post-Civil War Era -- Conclusion
Biography
Gary W. Can, Samuelain
