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Strategic Party Government: Why Winning Trumps Ideology (Chicago Studies in American Politics)
Gregory Koger
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Paperback. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
Why is Congress mired in partisan polarization? The conventional answer is that members of Congress and their constituencies fundamentally disagree with one other along ideological lines. But Gregory Koger and Matthew J. Lebo uncover a more compelling reason that today's political leaders devote so much time to conveying their party's positions, even at the expense of basic government functions: Both parties want to win elections. In Strategic Party Government, Koger and Lebo argue that Congress is now primarily a forum for partisan competition. In order to avoid losing, legislators unite behind strong party leaders, even when they do not fully ... Read more
Why is Congress mired in partisan polarization? The conventional answer is that members of Congress and their constituencies fundamentally disagree with one other along ideological lines. But Gregory Koger and Matthew J. Lebo uncover a more compelling reason that today's political leaders devote so much time to conveying their party's positions, even at the expense of basic government functions: Both parties want to win elections. In Strategic Party Government, Koger and Lebo argue that Congress is now primarily a forum for partisan competition. In order to avoid losing, legislators unite behind strong party leaders, even when they do not fully ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Chicago Studies in American Politics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226424606
SKU
V9780226424606
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About Gregory Koger
Gregory Koger is associate professor of political science at the University of Miami. He is the author of Filibustering: A Political History of Obstruction in the House and Senate, also published by the University of Chicago Press. Matthew J. Lebo is professor of political science at Stony Brook University, where he also directs the Center for Behavioral Political Science.
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