{"product_id":"the-presidency-congress-and-divided-richard-s-conley-9781585442119","title":"The Presidency, Congress, and Divided Government: A Postwar Assessment","description":"Can presidents hope to be effective in policy making when Congress is ruled by the other party? Political scientist Richard Conley brings to this crucial discussion a fresh perspective. He argues persuasively that the conditions of divided government have changed in recent years, and he applies a rigorous methodology that allows the testing of a number of important assumptions about party control of the legislative process and the role of the president. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConley demonstrates that recent administrations have faced a very different playing field than those in the earlier post-war years because of such critical developments in electoral politics as decreasing presidential coattails and the lack of presidential popularity in opposition members' districts. Moreover, he identifies several changes in the institutional setting in Congress that have affected both the legislative success rates of presidents' programs and the strategies presidents pursue. These institutional factors include more assertive legislative majorities, changes in leadership structure, and increased party cohesion in voting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConley uses both case studies and sophisticated time-series regression analyses to examine the floor success of presidential initiatives, the strategies presidents use in working with the legislature, and the use of veto power to achieve presidential aims. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScholars of the presidency and those interested in the larger American political process will find in this book both food for thought and a model of analytic sophistication.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard S. Conley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1585442119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781585442119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.82h x 6.82w x 1.01d","brand":"Richard S. Conley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48449766195455,"sku":"9781585442119","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_74c998c3-aa38-4fb2-a474-e60c7391ea24.jpg?v=1777264815","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-presidency-congress-and-divided-richard-s-conley-9781585442119","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}