Figures and Tables

Preface

Contributors

Congress and the President in a Partisan Era

Richard Fleisher

Jon R. Bond

Party Polarization in National Politics: The Electoral Connection

Gary C. Jacobson

The Consequences of Party Organization in the House: The Role of the Majority and Minority Parties in Conditional Party Government

John H. Aldrich

David W. Rohde

Congress, the President, and Party Competition via Network News

Tim Groeling

Samuel Kernell

Continuity and Change in Civility in the House

Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Erika Falk

Presidential Agenda Setting in Congress

George C. Edwards III

Andrew Barrett

Hostile Partners: The President, Congress, and Lawmaking in the Partisan 1990s

Barbara Sinclair

Partisanship and the President's Quest for Votes on the Floor of Congress

Richard Fleisher

Jon R. Bond

Polarized Politics: Does It Matter?

Richard Fleisher

Jon R. Bond

References

Index