In recent years, the executive branch's ability to maneuver legislation through Congress has become the measure of presidential success or failure. Although the victor of legislative battles is often readily discernible, debate is growing over how such victories are achieved. In "The President in the Legislative Arena," Jon R. Bond and Richard Fleisher depart dramatically from the concern with presidential influence that has dominated research on presidential-congressional relations for the past thirty years. Of the many possible factors involved in presidential success, those beyond...
In recent years, the executive branch's ability to maneuver legislation through Congress has become the measure of presidential success or failure. Al...
Given the resurgence of party identification and polarization in the 1990s, a dozen contributions analyze issues and survey results on US political parties in the mass public, as electoral organizations, and as governing institutions. Includes supporting tables and figures. The editors are Fordham U
Given the resurgence of party identification and polarization in the 1990s, a dozen contributions analyze issues and survey results on US political pa...
