Partisan Balance: Why Political Parties Don't Kill the U.S. Constitutional System

by David R. Mayhew and David R Mayhew

Book Overview

How partisan balance between the U.S. presidency and Congress is essential to successful government

With three independent branches, a legislature divided into two houses, and many diverse constituencies, it is remarkable that the federal government does not collapse in permanent deadlock. Yet, this system of government has functioned for well over two centuries, even through such heated partisan conflicts as the national health-care...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691157987
• ISBN13: 9780691157986
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"