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Party Polarization in Congress | 
 enlarge | Author: Sean M. Theriault
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $80.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1055585
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 254
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 052188893X
Dewey Decimal Number: 328.730769
EAN: 9780521888936
ASIN: 052188893X
Publication Date: August 18, 2008
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Product Description
The political parties in Congress are as polarized as they have been in 100 years. This book examines more than 30 years of congressional history to understand how it is that the Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill have become so divided. It finds that two steps were critical for this development. First, the respective parties' constituencies became more politically and ideologically aligned. Second, members, in turn, ceded more power to their party leaders, who implemented procedures more frequently and with greater consequence. In fact, almost the entire rise in party polarization can be accounted for in the increasing frequency of and polarization on procedures used during the legislative process.
Book Description
Theriault examines more than 30 years of congressional history to understand how it is that the Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill have become so divided. His research traces the rise in party polarization to procedures used during the legislative process and examines their origins and effects on legislative politics.
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Sean Theriault is a baller. December 2, 2008
I am in his 370 class, and he made us buy his book. That's O.K. though, because the research by his students and himself has been crucial to the course. While it isn't the most entertaining read, it is informative. Anyone interested in politics should buy this book. Anyone who has noticed a rift between the right and left since Newt won the congress for the Republicans probably already has this book. Hopefully this review will boost my professor's book sales, and his ego.
Bwn97
An excellent book, but misses something. December 1, 2008
A book all students of American politics, young and old, should be required to read. Of course, as a requirement is exactly the circumstances under which I read this book, but I can't say I was disappointed by what was contained within. The ideas presented were well articulated, and the material was clear and to the point. Though it at some level might seem a little obvious that a valid solution to the questions of polarization is "Ram everything together", Theriault shows that it is far more complicated than that, and does an excellent job balancing out all of the intricacies and explaining it clearly without the self-aggrandizing pomp that dominates the literature of Political Science.
All that said, I am disappointed to see the lack of analogies using Presidential dolls, which really was one of the selling points of the class. Perhaps if future books include more of this, I will be more inclined to try and get my friends and family to buy copies.
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