From gridlock to governance : negotiation strategies Congress uses to overcome stalemate /

This book is about the negotiation strategies legislators use to end stalemate. Throughout American history, legislative bodies struggle to act on controversial policy topics. By looking at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Compromise of 1850, the Civil Rights Act of 1957, and the Affordabl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Smith, Alex P. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2026]
Series:	Political Science and International Studies.
Subjects:	Negotiation > Political aspects. Negotiation. Négociations. Négociations > Aspect politique. Negotiation Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Changing Legislative Inertia
Chapter 3: Roger Sherman and the Constitutional Convention of 1787
Chapter 4: The Defeat of Henry Clay's Omnibus Bill
Chapter 5: Stephen Douglas and the Compromise of 1850
Chapter 6: Lyndon Johnson and the Civil Rights Act of 1957
Chapter 7: Democratic Leadership and the Affordable Care Act of 2010
Chapter 8: Conclusion.