James I. Wallner

The Death of Deliberation

Partisanship and Polarization in the United States Senate

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a counter-view on the conventional wisdom regarding the United States Senate. Specifically, it presents an alternative approach to the broken Congress genre with the argument that the Senate is not characterized by gridlock and that party leaders cooperate to make the institution work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 257g
• ISBN-13: 9781498515368
• ISBN-10: 1498515363
• Artikelnr.: 42204290

Autorenporträt

By James I. Wallner

Inhaltsangabe

1.Introduction A Broken Senate? A Different Interpretation of Gridlock
Patterns of Decision-Making Outline of the Book 2.A New Theory of Senate
Decision-Making Assumptions Claims Measuring Decision-Making: A Note on
Procedure 3.Decentralized Patterns of Decision-Making Norm-Based
Decision-Making Senate Norms and Patterned Behavior Party Leaders in the
Norm-Based Pattern Collegial Decision-Making Participation and Patterned
Behavior Party Leaders in the Collegial Pattern 4.Centralized Patterns of
Senate Decision-Making Strong Party Leadership Partisanship and Patterned
Behavior Party Leaders in the Majoritarian Pattern Bipartisanship and
Patterned Behavior Party Leaders in the Structured Consent Pattern
5.Passing Controversial Legislation in the Senate Health Care Reform
Methodology Decision-Making in the 102nd Congress Decision-Making in the
108th Congress Decision-Making in the 110th Congress Decision-Making in the
111th Congress 6.Raising the Federal Debt Ceiling A Polarized Political
Environment Three Patterns The Debt Ceiling Debate Structured Consent:
Advantages and Limitations 7.The Death of Deliberation? References