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Parties and policies : how the American government works / David R. Mayhew.
- Title
- Parties and policies : how the American government works / David R. Mayhew.
- Author
- Mayhew, David R.
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
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| Text | Request in advance | JK468.P64 M39 2008 | Off-site |
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- Description
- vi, 401 p. : ill., charts; 24 cm.
- Summary
- In this wide-ranging volume, one of the 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.
- Alternative Title
- Parties & policies
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780300137620 (paperback : alk. paper)
- 0300137621 (paperback : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2008923514
- OCLC
- 223872312
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library