| Ideology and Congress: A Political Economic History of Roll Call Voting Contributor(s): Poole, Keith T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1412806089 ISBN-13: 9781412806084 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - Legislative Branch |
| Dewey: 328.73 |
| LCCN: 2006044654 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.22 lbs) 362 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Ideology and Congress, authors Poole and Rosenthal have analyzed over 13 million individual roll call votes spanning the two centuries since Congress began recording votes in 1789. By tracing the voting patterns of Congress throughout the country's history, the authors find that, despite a wide array of issues facing legislators, over 81 percent of their voting decisions can be attributed to a consistent ideological position ranging from ultraconservatism to ultraliberalism. In their classic 1997 volume, Congress: A Political Economic History of Roll Call Voting, roll call voting became the framework for a novel interpretation of important episodes in American political and economic history. Congress demonstrated that roll call voting has a very simple structure and that, for most of American history, roll call voting patterns have maintained a core stability based on two great issues: the extent of government regulation of, and intervention in, the economy; and race. In this new, paperback volume, the authors include nineteen years of additional data, bringing in the period from 1986 through 2004. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rosenthal, Howard L.: - Howard Rosenthal is a professor in the Department of Politics at New York University. He is the coauthor, with Alberto Alesina, of Partisan Politics, Divided Government, and the Economy. Poole, Keith T.: -Keith T. Poole is professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Spatial Models of Parliamentary Voting. |
