Congress, Parties, and Puzzles: Politics As a Team Sport - Couverture souple

Forgette, Richard G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0820461059 ISBN 13 : 9780820461052

Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2004

Synopsis

Is congressional politics a team sport? The rise of congressional partisanship poses several puzzles for those seeking to understand how Congress works. This book reveals and assesses these puzzles, notably, why would self-elected members delegate power to leaders? Why has congressional partisanship risen without any comparable change in electoral partisanship? Why would copartisans support party positions if leaders cannot enforce compliance? Finally, what are the effects of congressional parties? Congress, Parties, & Puzzles combines a strong theoretical framework with engaging illustrations and case studies so students can think more critically about how parties affect Congress and how voters should assess their elected officials.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Author: Richard G. Forgette is Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of The Power of the Purse Strings: Do Congressional Budget Procedures Restrain? and has published works in many scholarly journals. In 1997, Professor Forgette was an American Political Science Association Steiger Congressional Fellow.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0820461059
• ISBN 13: 9780820461052
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 195
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible