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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2000

JAMES C. GARAND
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
MARCI GLASCOCK LICHTL
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science University of New Orleans.
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Abstract

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In recent years the study of divided government has been a growth industry. Numerous scholars have sought to explain patterns of divided government in the United States, while others have attempted to explore the consequences of the phenomenon. No doubt this scholarly interest in the subject is due in large part to the attention paid by the political media to divided control of the presidency and Congress during the 1980s, as well as the resulting ’gridlock‘ that dominated policy making in Washington during that time period.

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© 2000 Cambridge University Press