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7. Explaining the Ideological Polarization of the Congressional Parties since the 1970s

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. List of Contributors xi
  4. List of Equations xix
  5. List of Figures and Tables xxiii
  6. 1. American Political Geography 1
  7. Part I External Influences on Congress
  8. 2. What Did the Direct Primary Do to Party Loyalty in Congress? 21
  9. 3. The Effects of Presidential Elections on Party Control of the Senate under Indirect and Direct Elections 37
  10. 4. The Dynamics of Senate Voting: Ideological Shirking and the 17th Amendment 53
  11. 5. The Electoral Connection: Career Building and Constituency Representation in the U.S. Senate in the Age oflndirect Elections 65
  12. 6. The First "Southern Strategy": The Republican Party and Contested-Election Cases in the Late 19th-Century House 78
  13. 7. Explaining the Ideological Polarization of the Congressional Parties since the 1970s 91
  14. 8. One D Is Not Enough: Measuring Conditional Party Government, 1887-2002 102
  15. 9. Who Parties? Floor Voting, District Ideology, and Electoral Margins 113
  16. Part II Internal Changes in Congress
  17. 10. Architect or Tactician? Henry Clay and the Institutional Development of the U.S. House of Representatives 133
  18. 11. Committee Composition in the Absence of a Strong Speaker 157
  19. 12. Roll-Call Behavior and Career Advancement: Analyzing Committee Assignments from Reconstruction to the New Deal 165
  20. 13. The Evolution of Agenda-Setting Institutions in Congress: Path Dependency in House and Senate Institutional Development 182
  21. 14. Filibuster Reform in the Senate, 1913-1917 205
  22. 15. Cloture Reform Reconsidered 226
  23. 16. Candidates, Parties, and the Politics ofU.S. House Elections Across Time 249
  24. 17. Speaker David Henderson and the Partisan Era of the U.S. House 259
  25. 18. The Motion to Recommit in the House: The Creation, Evisceration, and Restoration of a Minority Right 271
  26. 19. The Motion to Recommit in the U.S. House ofRepresentatives 296
  27. 20. The Motion to Recommit: More Than an Amendment? 301
  28. 21. An Evolving End Game: Partisan Collusion in Conference Committees, 19 53-2003 309
  29. 22. Bicameral Resolution in Congress, 1863-2002 323
  30. 23. The Electoral Disconnection: Roll-Call Behavior in Lame-Duck Sessions of the House ofRepresentatives, 1879-1933 345
  31. Part III Policy
  32. 24. Measuring Significant Legislation, 1877-1948 361
  33. 25. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: An Instrumental Interpretation 379
  34. 26. Power Rejected: Congress and Bankruptcy in the Early Republic 396
  35. Mterword 415
  36. Notes 419
  37. References 449
  38. Index 495
Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress, Volume 2
This chapter is in the book Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress, Volume 2
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503626478-010

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. List of Contributors xi
  4. List of Equations xix
  5. List of Figures and Tables xxiii
  6. 1. American Political Geography 1
  7. Part I External Influences on Congress
  8. 2. What Did the Direct Primary Do to Party Loyalty in Congress? 21
  9. 3. The Effects of Presidential Elections on Party Control of the Senate under Indirect and Direct Elections 37
  10. 4. The Dynamics of Senate Voting: Ideological Shirking and the 17th Amendment 53
  11. 5. The Electoral Connection: Career Building and Constituency Representation in the U.S. Senate in the Age oflndirect Elections 65
  12. 6. The First "Southern Strategy": The Republican Party and Contested-Election Cases in the Late 19th-Century House 78
  13. 7. Explaining the Ideological Polarization of the Congressional Parties since the 1970s 91
  14. 8. One D Is Not Enough: Measuring Conditional Party Government, 1887-2002 102
  15. 9. Who Parties? Floor Voting, District Ideology, and Electoral Margins 113
  16. Part II Internal Changes in Congress
  17. 10. Architect or Tactician? Henry Clay and the Institutional Development of the U.S. House of Representatives 133
  18. 11. Committee Composition in the Absence of a Strong Speaker 157
  19. 12. Roll-Call Behavior and Career Advancement: Analyzing Committee Assignments from Reconstruction to the New Deal 165
  20. 13. The Evolution of Agenda-Setting Institutions in Congress: Path Dependency in House and Senate Institutional Development 182
  21. 14. Filibuster Reform in the Senate, 1913-1917 205
  22. 15. Cloture Reform Reconsidered 226
  23. 16. Candidates, Parties, and the Politics ofU.S. House Elections Across Time 249
  24. 17. Speaker David Henderson and the Partisan Era of the U.S. House 259
  25. 18. The Motion to Recommit in the House: The Creation, Evisceration, and Restoration of a Minority Right 271
  26. 19. The Motion to Recommit in the U.S. House ofRepresentatives 296
  27. 20. The Motion to Recommit: More Than an Amendment? 301
  28. 21. An Evolving End Game: Partisan Collusion in Conference Committees, 19 53-2003 309
  29. 22. Bicameral Resolution in Congress, 1863-2002 323
  30. 23. The Electoral Disconnection: Roll-Call Behavior in Lame-Duck Sessions of the House ofRepresentatives, 1879-1933 345
  31. Part III Policy
  32. 24. Measuring Significant Legislation, 1877-1948 361
  33. 25. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: An Instrumental Interpretation 379
  34. 26. Power Rejected: Congress and Bankruptcy in the Early Republic 396
  35. Mterword 415
  36. Notes 419
  37. References 449
  38. Index 495
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