
Congress, Parties, and Puzzles
Politics as a Team Sport
Richard G. Forgette(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Will be published approx. on 5. January 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
XI, 195 pages
978-0-8204-6105-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
10 ill.
Dimensions
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Weight
290 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8204-6105-2 (9780820461052)
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Person
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.