03656nam 2200721Ia 450 991082305410332120200520144314.00-511-85343-21-107-21580-31-282-93086-997866129308670-511-97380-20-511-93361-40-511-93225-10-511-93091-70-511-92839-40-511-92588-3(CKB)2670000000059659(EBL)605017(OCoLC)693761213(SSID)ssj0000432766(PQKBManifestationID)11306558(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432766(PQKBWorkID)10494680(PQKB)11040669(UkCbUP)CR9780511973802(Au-PeEL)EBL605017(CaPaEBR)ebr10436300(CaONFJC)MIL293086(MiAaPQ)EBC605017(EXLCZ)99267000000005965920100727d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAbortion politics in congress strategic incrementalism and policy change /Scott H. Ainsworth, Thad E. Hall1st ed.Cambridge [UK] ;New York Cambridge University Press20101 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-74004-5 0-521-51581-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Some of the politics surrounding abortion policy -- The strategic foundations for incrementalism in legislatures -- The nature of Congress and incrementalism in abortion politics : views from the inside and views from the outside -- A short legislative history of abortion -- Sponsors of abortion policies -- Playing the field : committee referrals of abortion-related proposals.This book examines how legislators have juggled their passions over abortion with standard congressional procedures, looking at how both external factors (such as public opinion) and internal factors (such as the ideological composition of committees and party systems) shape the development of abortion policy. Driven by both theoretical and empirical concerns, Scott H. Ainsworth and Thad E. Hall present a simple, formal model of strategic incrementalism, illustrating that legislators often have incentives to alter policy incrementally. They then examine the sponsorship of abortion-related proposals as well as their committee referral and find that a wide range of Democratic and Republican legislators repeatedly offer abortion-related proposals designed to alter abortion policy incrementally. Abortion Politics in Congress reveals that abortion debates have permeated a wide range of issues and that a wide range of legislators and a large number of committees address abortion.AbortionLaw and legislationUnited StatesAbortionGovernment policyUnited StatesAbortionPolitical aspectsUnited StatesAbortionLaw and legislationAbortionGovernment policyAbortionPolitical aspects362.19/88800973Ainsworth Scott H1711559Hall Thad E(Thad Edward),1968-1124551MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823054103321Abortion politics in congress4201019UNINA