Party Polarization in Congress

Name: Party Polarization in Congress
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ISBN: 9780521717687

ISBN-10: 052171768X

ISBN-13: 9780521717687

Edition: 2008

Authors: Sean M. Theriault

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The political parties in Congress are as polarized as they have been in 100 years. This book examines more than 30 years of congressional history to understand how it is that the Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill have become so divided. It finds that two steps were critical for this development. First, the respective parties' constituencies became more politically and ideologically aligned. Second, members, in turn, ceded more power to their party leaders, who implemented procedures more frequently and with greater consequence. In fact, almost the entire rise in party polarization can be accounted for in the increasing frequency of and polarization on procedures used during the…

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List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 254
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Party Polarization in the U.S. Congress



Building Blocks for Explaining Party Polarization



A Brief History of Party Polarization



Explanations for Party Polarization



Constituency Change



Redistricting



The Political and Geographic Sorting of Constituents



Extremism of Party Activists



Institutional Change



Connecting Constituency Change to Institutional Change



The Interaction in the Legislative Process



The Link between the House and the Senate



Procedural Polarization in the U.S. Congress


Bibliography


Index