Strategic Disagreement: Stalemate in American Politics

by John Gilmour and John Scott Lennox Gilmour

Book Overview

Politics may be the art of compromise, but accepting a compromise can be hazardous to a politician\u2019s health. Politicians worry about betraying faithful supporters, about losing the upper hand on an issue before the next election, that accepting half a loaf today can make it harder to get the whole loaf tomorrow. In his original interpretation of competition between parties and between Congress and the president, Gilmour explains the strategies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082295575X
• ISBN13: 9780822955757
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"