Partisan conflict between the White House and Congress is now a
dominant feature of national politics in the United States. What
the Constitution sought to institute-a system of checks and
balances-divided government has taken to extremes: institutional
divisions so deep that national challenges like balancing the
federal budget or effectively regulating the nation's savings and
loans have become insurmountable. In original essays written
especially for this volume, eight of the leading scholars in
American government address the causes and consequences of divided
party control. Their essays, written with a student audience in
mind, take up such timely questions as: Why do voters consistently
elect Republican presidents and Democratic congresses? How does
divided control shape national policy on crucial issues such as the
declaration of war? How have presidents adapted their leadership
strategies to the circumstance of divided government? And, how has
Congress responded in the way it writes laws and oversees
departmental performance? These issues and a host of others are
addressed in this compact yet comprehensive volume. The
distinguished lineup of contributors promises to make this book
"must" reading for both novice and serious students of elections,
Congress, and the presidency.
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