The Jeffords Switch: Changing Majority Status and Causal Processes in the U.S. Senate - Couverture rigide

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Monroe, Nathan; Den Hartog, Chris

 
9780472131426: The Jeffords Switch: Changing Majority Status and Causal Processes in the U.S. Senate
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ISBN 10 : 0472131427 ISBN 13 : 9780472131426
Editeur : The University of Michigan Press, 2019

Synopsis

Senator Jim Jeffords left the Republican Party in May 2001 and became an independent. Because he agreed to vote with the Democrats on organizational votes, this gave that party a 51–49 majority in the Senate. Using the “Jeffords switch,” Chris Den Hartog and Nathan W. Monroe examine how power is shared and transferred in the Senate, as well as whether Democratic bills became more successful after the switch. They also use the data after the switch, when the Republican Party still held a majority on many Democratic Party-led committees, to examine the power of the committee chairs to influence decisions. While the authors find that the majority party does influence Senate decisions, Den Hartog and Monroe are more interested in exploring the method and limits of the majority party to achieve its goals.

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À propos de l?auteur

Chris Den Hartog is Professor of Political Science at California Polytechnic State University.
Nathan W. Monroe is Professor of Political Science and Tony Coelho Endowed Chair of Public Policy at the University of California, Merced.

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Éditeur
The University of Michigan Press
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0472131427
ISBN 13 
9780472131426
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
232
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Personne responsable
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