AN ERA OF DIVIDED GOVERNMENT

In: Political science, Band 107, Heft 3, S. 387-410

Abstract

WHY DO WE HAVE DIVIDED GOVERNMENT, AND WHAT ARE ITS CONSEQUENCES? THIS ARTICLE ADDRESSES THESE QUESTIONS, ALTHOUGH THE DISCUSSION IS ONLY SUGGESTIVE. IT BEGINS BY PLACING THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT, THEN PROCEEDS WITH A SURVEY OF THE QUESTIONS OFFERED FOR THE CONTEMPORARY CONDITION, AND CONCLUDES WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS LIKELY CONSEQUENCES.