Abortion Politics in Congress: Strategic Incrementalism and Policy Change

by Thad E. Hall and Scott H. Ainsworth

Book Overview

This book examines how legislators have juggled their passions over abortion with standard congressional procedures, looking at how both external factors (such as public opinion) and internal factors (such as the ideological composition of committees and party systems) shape the development of abortion policy. Driven by both theoretical and empirical concerns, Scott H. Ainsworth and Thad E. Hall present a simple, formal model of strategic incrementalism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521740045
• ISBN13: 9780521740043
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"