Jacob F.H. Smith Minority Party Misery: Political Powerlessness and Electoral Disengagement 9780472074761

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Автор: Jacob F.H. Smith
Название: Minority Party Misery: Political Powerlessness and Electoral Disengagement
ISBN: 9780472074761
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Политическая система и политические процессы

ISBN-10: 0472074768
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 192
Вес: 0.33 кг.
Дата издания: 30.03.2021
Серия: Legislative politics and policy making
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 21 figures, 15 tables
Размер: 231 x 152 x 18
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Political structure & processes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch
Подзаголовок: Political powerlessness and electoral disengagement
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: This book examines the role of minority party status on politicians' engagement in electoral politics. Jacob Smith argues that politicians are more likely to be engaged in electoral politics when they expect their party to be in the majority in Congress after the next election and less likely when they anticipate their party will be in the minority. This effect is particularly likely to hold true in recent decades where parties disagree on a substantial number of issues. Politicians whose party will be in the majority have a clear incentive to engage in electoral politics because their preferred policies have a credible chance of passing if they are in the majority. In contrast, it is generally difficult for minority party lawmakers to get a hearing on-much less advance-their preferred policies, particularly when institutional rules inside Congress favor the majority party. Instead, minority party lawmakers spend most of their time fighting losing battles against policy proposals from the majority party. Minority Party Misery examines the consequences of the powerlessness that politicians feel from continually losing battles to the majority party in Congress. Its findings have important consequences for democratic governance, as highly qualified minority party politicians may choose to leave office due to their dismal circumstances rather than continue to serve until their party eventually reenters the majority.

Minority Party Misery: Political Powerlessness and Electoral Disengagement, Jacob F.H. Smith