This book describes, explains, and reflects upon the 1996 presidential and congressional elections, devoting equal coverage to three phases of the political process: the major party nominations, the general election, and the subsequent government organization. In doing so, this study links elections and governance.
Politics in an Era of Divided Government: Elections and Goverance in the Second Clinton Administration
The 1994 Mid-Term elections, the Republican Revolution that returned control of both Houses of Congress to the Republicans for the first time in over 40 years, returned us to the...
Where did the Era of Divided Government come from? What sustains split partisan control of the institutions of American national government year after year? Why can it shift so easily...
The distinguished lineup of contributors promises to make this book "must" reading for both novice and serious students of elections, Congress, and the presidency.
Asher, Herbert B. Presidential Elections and American Politics: Voters, Candidates, and Campaigns since 1952. Homewood, Ill.: Dorsey Press, 1980. Bader, John B., and Charles O. Jones. ... Bernstein, Barton J. “The Election of 1952.
This timely new collection of original essays, written by some of the most prominent scholars in the field, addresses how the recent rise in partisan politics has affected congressional-presidential relations....
These are the only ways to calm our anger, forge a new path forward, and deal with twentyfirst-century challenges.
Integrates economics and politics, theory and econometrics, to provide the first coherent and general formal model of US political economy.
Leading scholars in the study of congress and US foreign policy address congress’s vital role in determining how and why the US chooses it's international policy agendas.
Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era James M. Curry, Frances E. Lee. Schickler, Eric. 2001. Disjointed Pluralism: Institutional Innovation and the Development of the U.S. Congress. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.