The other side of gridlock : policy stability and supermajoritarianism in U.S. lawmaking / Manabu Saeki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saeki, Manabu.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parliamentary practice--United States.

Parliamentary practice.

Policy sciences.

Political planning--United States.

Political planning.

United States. Congress--Rules and practice.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing upon a wealth of congressional data from 1953 through 2006, this study offers new insights into the politics of gridlock, one of the more contentious issues in Washington, D.C., since the early 1990s. Previous analyses have focused on either the volume of enacted law or the ratio of enacted legislation to the entire legislative agenda. Manabu Saeki departs substantially from these approaches by looking at the policy content of enacted laws while defining gridlock as an inability to change policy. He asks, why has there been so much policy stability? Saeki looks closely at party control, as do previous studies, but he also examines the ideological configuration of the bipartisan "supermajority."

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

Gridlock and Policy Stability

Pivotal Interval Movement

Empirical Test

Veto Players

Pre-Floor Agenda Block

Conclusion

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-142) and index.

ISBN:

9781438430522

1438430523

OCLC:

793202794