{"product_id":"congressional-realignment-1925-1978-barbara-sinclair-9780292741751","title":"Congressional Realignment, 1925-1978","description":"\u003cp\u003eRonald Reagan's election in 1980 brought with it a major shift in the composition of the U.S. Congress for the first time in several decades. The subsequent introduction of an enormous amount of new legislation sparked debate among many political observers that a new coalition was being built in American politics and that a significant change in the issues on the agenda before Congress heralded a Republican realignment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarbara Sinclair's study is a major contribution to our understanding of realignment politics in the House of Representatives. It also provides important insight into the changes in American political life in the late twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCongressional Realignment\u003c\/i\u003e poses three basic, related questions: What are the sources of agenda change? What determines congressional voting alignments and alignment change? Under what conditions are the barriers to major policy change overcome? Sinclair's answers are impressive both in their scholarship and in the depth and intelligence of her insights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Sinclair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292741758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292741751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Barbara Sinclair","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087456911615,"sku":"9780292741751","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cd97a30e-0856-4a6c-a95b-01f07936b32a.jpg?v=1753849941","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/congressional-realignment-1925-1978-barbara-sinclair-9780292741751","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}