Presidential mandates and the dynamics of senate advice and consent, 1885-1996

American Politics Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 106-131

  Derouen Jr , Karl ^a   Peake, Jeffrey S ^b   Ward, Kenneth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electoral mandates; Executive branch nominations; Presidential transitions; Presidential congressional relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144335903     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X04264308     Document Type: Review

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