Party Decline in America:
Policy, Politics, and the Fiscal State
John J. Coleman

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	List of Figures and Tables
	Preface and Acknowledgments
1	The Past and Present of American Political Parties	3
2	The Formation of the Fiscal State	33
3	Party Cohesion and Party Conflict in the House of Representatives	72
4	A Dime's Worth of Difference? North and South, Appropriations and Authorizations	112
5	Responding to Recession: Party Reactions and Policy Making during Economic Downturns	140
6	Parties, Politics, and the Fiscal State	179
Appendix	Budget-Related Roll-Call Votes, 1947-1990	209
	Bibliography	213
	Index	243

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