Congress in Reverse: Repeals from Reconstruction to the Present - Brossura

Ragusa, Jordan M.; Birkhead, Nathaniel A.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 022671747X ISBN 13: 9780226717470

Casa editrice: University of Chicago Press, 2020

Riassunto

After years of divided government, countless Republicans campaigned on a promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. Yet when they took control of both chambers of Congress and the White House in 2017—after six years that included more than fifty symbolic votes and innumerable pledges—they failed to repeal the bulk of the law. Pundits were shocked, and observers and political scientists alike were stuck looking for an explanation. What made Obamacare so hard to repeal? And in a larger sense: What explains why some laws are repealed, and yet others endure in spite of considerable efforts? Are repeals different from law-making or do they mirror one another? Why are repeals more likely at some times than others? What theories of legislative behavior and policymaking explain when repeals happen?

Congress in Reverse is the first book to attempt to answer these questions. Jordan M. Ragusa and Nathaniel A. Birkhead examine when and why existing statutes are successfully “undone,” arguing that repeals are most common when the parties are united on the issue—which was not the case when it came to Obamacare for the Republican Party—and the majority party wins control of Congress after a long stint in the minority. By shifting focus from the making of laws to their un-making, Congress in Reverse opens up a new arena for studying legislative activity in Congress.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Jordan M. Ragusa is associate professor of political science at the College of Charleston.  Nathaniel A. Birkhead is associate professor of Political Science at Kansas State University.
 

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: University of Chicago Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 022671747X
• ISBN 13: 9780226717470
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 226
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile