Pivotal Politics: A Theory of U.S. Lawmaking

by Keith Krehbiel

Book Overview

Politicians and pundits alike have complained that the divided governments of the last decades have led to legislative gridlock. Not so, argues Keith Krehbiel, who advances the provocative theory that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226452727
• ISBN13: 9780226452722
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Brainy prof painlessly debunks gridlock assumptions

I had very low expectations, to be sure. All said and done, however, this is a v. fine book, considering that my brother-in-law wrote it.But, really now. Even as a total non-scientist I actually did find the book (o-k, the parts I read) interesting and informative. And even though I of necessity skipped right past the math and grids and charts and doodles and stuff, the substance made sense because of "the author's" down-to-earth narrative style. (I suppose it may also have helped that he explained the whole theory, or as much as he thought his brother and I could grasp, over beers one night. Be that as it may.) I, under no threats or inducements, sincerely recommend this book to anyone interested in looking beyond the common assumption that Party X in the White House and Party Y controlling Congress ("divided government" I recall to be the super-duper scientific term) is likely to result in the dreaded Gridlock. Or the gridded Dreadlocks. Music Up: "It Ain't Necessarily So...."