Pivotal politics : a theory of U.S. lawmaking / Keith Krehbiel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krehbiel, Keith, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legislation--United States.

Legislation.

Separation of powers--United States.

Separation of powers.

Law--Political aspects.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Politicians and pundits alike have complained that the divided governments of the last decades have led to legislative gridlock. Not so, argues Keith Krehbiel, who advances the provocative theory that divided government actually has little effect on legislative productivity. Gridlock is in fact the order of the day, occurring even when the same party controls the legislative and executive branches. Meticulously researched and anchored to real politics, Krehbiel argues that the pivotal vote on a piece of legislation is not the one that gives a bill a simple majority, but the vote that allo

Contents:

Contents; Tables; Figures; Preface; I. Theoretical Foundations; II. Empirical Tests; III. Applications; IV. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-246) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612679100

9781282679108

1282679104

9780226452739

0226452735

OCLC:

648759794