Cozy Politics : : Political Parties, Campaign Finance, and Compromised Governance /

Cozy Politics : : Political Parties, Campaign Finance, and Compromised Governance / / Peter Kobrak.

Kobrak explores the insidious system that encourages elected officials to cooperate with their supposed opponents rather than with their own constituents.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Kobrak, Peter ,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2002
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (273 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART 1 THE CHANGING POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
  • 1 Three-Fifths of the United States
  • 2 Why Parties Matter
  • 3 The Once-and-Future Party
  • PART 2 THE ESCALATION OF COZY POLITICS
  • 4 Uncontrollable Campaign Costs and Their Consequences
  • 5 Pathways to Congressional Decisionmaking
  • PART 3 FROM COMPROMISED GOVERNANCE TO DEMOCRATIC BALANCE
  • 6 Agency Compromise and Privatization
  • 7 Reinventing Political Parties
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Book

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