Partisan Balance Why Political Parties Don't Kill the U. S. Constitutional System

Name: Partisan Balance Why Political Parties Don't Kill the U. S. Constitutional System
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ISBN: 9780691157986

ISBN-10: 0691157987

ISBN-13: 9780691157986

Edition: 2011

Authors: David R. Mayhew

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With three independent branches, a legislature divided into two houses, and many diverse constituencies, it is remarkable that the federal government does not collapse in permanent deadlock. Yet, this system of government has functioned for well over two centuries, even through such heated partisan conflicts as the national health-care showdown and Supreme Court nominations. InPartisan Balance, noted political scholar David Mayhew examines the unique electoral foundations of the presidency, Senate, and House of Representatives in order to provide a fresh understanding for the government's success and longstanding vitality.Focusing on the period after World War II, and the fate of…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 6/4/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.09" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English