Cozy Politics : Political Parties, Campaign Finance, and Compromised Governance / Peter Kobrak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kobrak, Peter, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Kobrak explores the insidious system that encourages elected officials to cooperate with their supposed opponents rather than with their own constituents.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART 1 THE CHANGING POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT

1 Three-Fifths of the United States

2 Why Parties Matter

3 The Once-and-Future Party

PART 2 THE ESCALATION OF COZY POLITICS

4 Uncontrollable Campaign Costs and Their Consequences

5 Pathways to Congressional Decisionmaking

PART 3 FROM COMPROMISED GOVERNANCE TO DEMOCRATIC BALANCE

6 Agency Compromise and Privatization

7 Reinventing Political Parties

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-68585-440-0

OCLC:

1334343553