Beyond ideology :

Lee, Frances E.

Beyond ideology : politics, principles, and partisanship in the U.S. Senate / Frances E. Lee. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009. - xiii, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Index : p. 245-250.

Bibliography : p. [231]-244.

Ties that bind: untangling the roots of congressional partisanship -- Before 'ideology': a conceptual history -- Sources of party conflict: ideological disagreement and teamsmanship -- Dividers, not uniters: presidential leadership and legislative partisanship -- The partisan politics of good government -- Procedural partisanship: intra-party dealmaking and partisan bloc voting -- Agreeing to disagree, or disagreeing to agree: agenda content and rising -- Partisanship -- Beyond ideology: returning to politics -- Appendix A. Coding the presidential agenda status of roll-call votes -- Appendix B. Does party polarization on an issue topic increase the likelihood that presidents will include the issue on their agenda? -- Appendix C. Estimates of multinomial logit model of partisan voting patterns on Senate roll-call votes, 1981-2004.

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