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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791486403321

Autore

Connelly William F. <1951->

Titolo

James Madison rules America [[electronic resource] ] : the constitutional origins of congressional partisanship / / William F. Connelly, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield, c2010

ISBN

1-282-60763-4

9786612607639

0-7425-9967-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (612 p.)

Disciplina

328.73/0769

Soggetti

Constitutional law - United States

Political culture - United States - History

Politics, Practical - United States - History

Separation of powers - United States - History

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Congressional party strategy -- House Democrats: the wilderness years -- House Republicans: Newt the anti-federalist? -- Woodrow Wilson's Congressional government -- Alexis de Tocqueville's Congress -- The Federalist revisited -- Practical consequences of constitutional principle: the 1790s -- Practical consequences of constitutional principle: the 1980s and 1990s -- The Constitution governs: partisanship and bipartisanship.

Sommario/riassunto

James Madison Rules America examines congressional party legislative and electoral strategy in the context of our constitutional separation of powers. William Connelly argues that partisanship, polarization and the permanent campaign are an inevitable part of congressional politics. James Madison Rules America is as topical as current debates over partisan polarization and the permanent campaign, while being grounded in two enduring and important schools of thought within political science: pluralism and party government.