Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-393) and index.
Contents:
From Sam Rayburn to Newt Gingrich: the development of the Partisan Congress -- The Republican party moves right: right-wing intellectuals and Evangelical Christians transform the Republican party -- The internal engines of partisan polarization: the house in the Democratic era -- The internal engines of partisan polarization: the Republican house -- Unorthodox lawmaking in the hyperpartisan house -- Partisan polarization, individualism, and lawmaking in the Senate -- The President and Congress in a polarized environment -- Filibuster strategies and PR wars: strategic responses to the transformed environment -- From fluid coalitions to armed camps: the polarization of the National Political Community -- The consequences of partisan polarization: the bad, the ugly, and the good?
Series:
Julian J. Rothbaum distinguished lecture series ; v. 10
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