Too Weak to Govern - Majority Party Power and Appropriations in the Us Senate

In Too Weak to Govern, Peter Hanson demonstrates the majority party's important and underestimated ability to control the unruly Senate floor.

Sommario

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. The limited-influence theory of the Senate; 2. Testing expectations; 3. The first wave (1979-87); 4. Back to the regular order; 5. The second wave (1995-2012); 6. Conclusion.

Info autore

Peter Hanson is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Denver and a former staff member in the office of Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD). He has been interviewed by national and international media organizations, including the BBC, Agence France-Presse, the New York Times online's 'FiveThirtyEight' blog, USA Today, Minnesota Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, Rocky Mountain PBS, and the Denver Post. He co-led the University of Denver's 'Colorado Voter Poll' in 2012.

Riassunto

Too Weak to Govern demonstrates the majority party's important and underestimated ability to control the unruly Senate floor. The majority party protects its reputation and eases the passage of the budget when it creates massive 'omnibus' spending bills, but its strategy has contributed to the breakdown of the federal budget process.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Peter Hanson, Peter (University of Denver) Hanson, Hanson Peter
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.11.2014
• EAN: 9781107635876
• ISBN: 978-1-107-63587-6
• Pagine: 206
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state