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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:55:43 GMT
Governance Studies brings together people interested in improving the performance of our national government and bettering the economic security, social welfare, and opportunity available to all Americans.
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:38:59 GMT
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Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT
The year 2009 was supposed to mark the dawn of a post-partisan era. However, America’s partisan politics have remained as stubbornly intense and polarized as ever. Yet, as Pietro Nivola writes, increased partisanship has an upside: party unity, accountability, civic engagement and voter turnout have all increased with partisan politics.
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Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT
William Galston warns that partisan polarization means that parties are less likely to seek common ground or to make compromises. Its negative consequences include a dysfunctional judicial confirmation process, the difficulty of maintaining a steady foreign policy and the depression of public trust in government.
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Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Pietro Nivola examines whether American politics are at a dawn of a “post-partisan” age. Many speculate that the divide between Democrats and Republicans is narrowing, and a new era of bipartisan comity is just around the corner. Nivola argues otherwise.
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Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT
John Courtney examines whether “importing” the Canadian model of independent electoral boundary redistricting commissions would help the American districting problem.
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Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The ideological differences between the political parties are growing, write Pietro Nivola and William Galston, and political polarization has become akin to political segregation. You are less likely to live near someone whose politics differ from your own. While many Americans want less polarization, they argue, "the underlying structure of our politics remains so deeply divided, the 2008 election may not requite their wish."
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Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:30:00 GMT
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- February 28, 2008, 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM
Campaign 2008 has already provided some tantalizing clues about the demographic and geographic shifts underway in red, blue and purple America. At this conference, leading demographers, geographers and analysts examined seven of the most important changes and explained where these trends came from, assessed their likely effects on this year’s election and outlined the ways they may affect our political future and the policy challenges both parties have to face.
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Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The evolution of American politics is bound up with demographic and geographic change. So what are the trends to watch in 2008? A number of them are examined by Visiting Fellow Ruy Teixeira and AEI's Karlyn Bowman.
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Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:00:00 GMT
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- February 15, 2008, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Brookings released the second and final volume of Red and Blue Nation?, which addresses the consequences of polarized politics and possible corrective policies. Co-editors Pietro Nivola, vice president and director of Governance Studies at Brookings, and David Brady of Stanford University were joined by contributing authors in a discussion of their findings.
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Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT
This new volume of Red and Blue Nation delves into the consequences of the gulf between "red states" and "blue states." The authors examine the impact of these political divisions on voter behavior, Congressional law-making, judicial selection, and foreign policy formation.
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Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT
A key contributor to political polarization in the U.S. frequently overlooked is the demographic and geographic changes in the electorate that have altered the sizes of different population groups and even shifted their political orientations over time. Brookings Ruy Teixeira examines the new wave of demographic and geographic changes currently washing over the U.S. and their profound effects on future politics.
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Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:00:00 GMT
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- November 30, 2007, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
On November 30, the Brookings Institution hosted a discussion on partisan polarization in the United States and its effect on foreign policy, a topic addressed by Peter Beinart of the Council on Foreign Relations in the forthcoming Brookings book Red and Blue Nation: Volume II.
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Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Bitter partisan battles persist in Congress. It's a mistake for Democrats and Republicans, as Brookings Clive Crook writes, to reject centrist politics completely. Some measure of bipartisanship is needed.
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Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT
According to recent public opinion polls, approval rating for Congress remains particularly low. With ideologically divided parties sharing power and eyeing the upcoming presidential election, writes Sarah Binder, we should not be surprised to see stalemate on Capitol Hill.
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Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT
The Supreme Court begins its term on October 1st. Benjamin Wittes of Governance Studies weighs in on some of the big cases on their schedule and the ideological divisions within the court.
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Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:30:00 GMT
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- September 04, 2007, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Brookings and other experts graded congressional accomplishments in 2007 on the war in Iraq and a range of domestic issues—including health care, immigration, energy and education reform—and examined legislators' progress in reforming the way they do business.
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Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT
The failure of Congress to fulfill its responsibilities as the first branch of government—to engage in responsible and deliberative lawmaking, to police the ethical behavior of its members, and to check and balance the executive—contributed to the demise of the Republican majority in last November's midterm election.
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Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:00:00 GMT
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- April 18, 2007, 10:00 AM to 4/18/2007 12:00:00 PM
Red and Blue Nation: Volume I participants took their findings on the road for a nation-wide campus book tour, including a public event at Stanford University's Hoover Institution
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Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:00:00 GMT
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- March 29, 2007, 3:00 PM to 3/29/2007 5:00:00 PM
Red and Blue Nation took its findings on the road and co-hosted an event on March 29 with the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College.
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Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Observing the summer rush to pass bills deemed important for legislators facing tough re-election battles, a Capitol Hill reporter summed up the season as "Legislating for November." Given legislators' incentives to take credit and to avoid blame, the question naturally arises: Can Congress legislate for the longer-term?
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Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:00:00 GMT
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- December 08, 2006, 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
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Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Analysts and pundits increasingly perceive a widening gulf between red states and blue states. Yet the research to support that perception is scattered and sometimes difficult to parse. Americas polarized politics, it is said, poses fundamental
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Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT
The Brookings Institution, in collaboration with Stanford University's Hoover Institution, set out understand the causes and consequences of polarizion in America's body politic. In March 2006, Brookings's Governance Studies Program hosted a conference in which scholars presented their papers.
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Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:00:00 GMT
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- November 28, 2006, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
In the ongoing debate about the causes and consequences of America's polarized politics, the mass media often are blamed for contributing to this division. The rise of cable television and 24-hour news channels has created more media outlets than ever, giving citizens greater choice among sources of news, and giving news greater competition from entertainment programming. This ever-increasing and changing coverage of political news, including today's "in-your-face" talk shows, may play a role in polarizing the public and threatening our democratic institutions.
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Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Interview with Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein; NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (11/14/06)
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Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT
In the wake of a bitter presidential campaign and in the face of numerous divisive policy questions, many Americans wonder if their country has split in two. People are passionately choosing sides on contentious issues such as the invasion of Iraq, g
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Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT
It has become conventional wisdom that contemporary American politics is deeply and debilitatingly polarized. But is this supposition true? William Galston and Pietro Nivola examine the extent of polarization in American ideology, culture and politics.
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Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:00:00 GMT
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- October 30, 2006, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
The 2006 mid-term elections presented new questions about gerrymandering—particularly how Election Day results would be affected by congressional redistricting designed to provide an electoral edge to certain political parties and incumbents, or to disadvantage racial groups as the Supreme Court recently ruled Texas had done.
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Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:00:00 GMT
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- September 26, 2006, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
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Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Since 1998, U.S. House incumbents have won a staggering 98 percent of their reelection races. Electoral competition has also declined in some state and primary elections. The Marketplace for Democracy combines the resources of two eminent research or
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Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT
In light of the extreme divisiveness of recent presidential elections, the Brookings Institution in collaboration with the Hoover Institution convened a conference of leading political experts to discuss polarization and the state of American politics.
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Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT
In Party Lines, eminent political analysts explain the legal and political history of redistricting since the one personone vote revolution in the 1960s and place it in the larger context of American politics. The authors document the impact
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Tue, 15 Nov 2005 09:30:00 GMT
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- November 15, 2005, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
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Sun, 06 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Sarah Binder and Steven S. Smith; St. Louis Post-Dispatch (3/6/05)
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Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Policy Brief #139, by Pietro S. Nivola (January 2005)
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Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Jonathan Rauch; Atlantic Monthly (January/February 2005)
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Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:00:00 GMT
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- September 17, 2004, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
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Fri, 16 Apr 2004 08:30:00 GMT
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- April 16, 2004, 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM
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Tue, 25 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Stalemate examines the causes and consequences of gridlock, exploring the ways in which elections and institutions together limit the capacity of Congress and the president to make public law.
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Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Sarah Binder (Winter 2000)
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Mon, 02 Dec 1996 00:00:00 GMT
The filibuster has achieved almost mythic proportions in the history of American politics, but it has escaped a careful, critical assessment for more than 50 years. In this book, Sarah Binder and Steven Smith provide such an assessment as they addres
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Sun, 01 Sep 1996 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Sarah Binder (Fall 1996)