£127.62

Routledge Revolving Gridlock by Routledge - Politics and Policy Book

Price data last checked 120 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

Same price for 6 weeks. Today is much like next week.

£128 for 41 days straight · last change was Jan 2026

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 611 days • 611 data points (No recent data available)

Historical
Generating forecast...
£140.68 £117.23 £122.34 £127.46 £132.58 £137.70 £142.81 08 July 2024 07 December 2024 09 May 2025 08 October 2025 10 March 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 611 days • 3 price levels

Days at Price
Current Price
453 days 153 days · current 5 days 0 113 227 340 453 £119 £128 £141 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £119 (453 days, 74.1%)

Price range: £119 - £141

Price levels: 3 different prices over 611 days

Description

Understand the mechanics of American government with Revolving Gridlock: Politics and Policy from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush. Part of the Transforming American Politics series, this book provides a deep look into why legislative progress often stalls. In this fully revised edition, political scientists David W. Brady and Craig Volden challenge common assumptions about why the government struggles to pass major initiatives. While many point to divided government or party politics as the cause of legislative stagnation, the authors argue that gridlock is actually a built-in component of our political institutions. This text explains how leaders act rationally to achieve specific goals and prevent unintended consequences through these institutional structures. It is an essential resource for students and readers interested in how American policy is shaped and why the system functions the way it does in the wake of major elections.

Key Features

Written by political scientists David W. Brady and Craig Volden to provide expert academic insight into American policy.

Explores the institutional reasons behind government gridlock beyond simple party politics or divided government.

Part of the Transforming American Politics series for a comprehensive look at political shifts.

Provides a fully revised edition that examines the political landscape following the 2004 elections.

Analyzes how political leaders act rationally within the system to achieve goals and avoid errors.

Product Specifications

Format
Hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
13 June 2019
Listed Since
26 July 2019

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

What Government Does: How Political Executives Manage Different Agencies
94% match

What Government Does: How Political Executives Manage Different Agencies

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

£72.44 05 Jul 2026
Governance Structures and Mechanisms in Public Service Organizations: Theories, Evidence and Future Directions (Contributions to Management Science)
94% match

Governance Structures and Mechanisms in Public Service Organizations: Theories, Evidence and Future Directions (Contributions to Management Science)

Physica

£73.91 08 Mar 2026
Economic Systems in the New Era: Stable Systems in an Unstable World: 160 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 160)
94% match

Economic Systems in the New Era: Stable Systems in an Unstable World: 160 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 160)

Springer

£181.00 26 Jun 2026
Politics in American Life: A Thematic and Policy Approach
94% match

Politics in American Life: A Thematic and Policy Approach

Cognella Academic Publishing

£96.50 11 Mar 2026
Routledge - From Revolution to Uncertainty: The Year 1990
94% match

Routledge - From Revolution to Uncertainty: The Year 1990

Routledge

£120.00 20 Apr 2026
Rational Lawmaking under Review: Legisprudence According to the German Federal Constitutional Court: 3 (Legisprudence Library, 3)
94% match

Rational Lawmaking under Review: Legisprudence According to the German Federal Constitutional Court: 3 (Legisprudence Library, 3)

Springer

£109.19 09 Mar 2026
Crisis and Consensus in British Politics: From Bagehot to Blair
94% match

Crisis and Consensus in British Politics: From Bagehot to Blair

MACMILLAN

£77.66 15 Apr 2026
Playing the Game: The Presidential Rhetoric of Ronald Reagan (Praeger Series in Political Communication (Hardcover))
94% match

Playing the Game: The Presidential Rhetoric of Ronald Reagan (Praeger Series in Political Communication (Hardcover))

ABC-CLIO

£72.44 29 Jun 2026
Power and Purpose: U.S. Policy toward Russia After the Cold War
94% match

Power and Purpose: U.S. Policy toward Russia After the Cold War

Brookings Institution Press

£21.99 25 Jun 2026
Why Policy Representation Matters: The consequences of ideological proximity between citizens and their governments (Routledge-WIAS Interdisciplinary Studies)
94% match

Why Policy Representation Matters: The consequences of ideological proximity between citizens and their governments (Routledge-WIAS Interdisciplinary Studies)

Routledge

£94.64 06 Jul 2026
Backdoor Lawmaking: Evading Obstacles in the US Congress
94% match

Backdoor Lawmaking: Evading Obstacles in the US Congress

Oxford University Press

£70.92 27 Jun 2026
The Art of Legislating: 6 (Legisprudence Library, 6)
94% match

The Art of Legislating: 6 (Legisprudence Library, 6)

Springer

£90.72 30 Mar 2026
Routledge Accountability and European Governance Book
94% match

Routledge Accountability and European Governance Book

Routledge

£136.27 19 Apr 2026
Internet Use and Protest in Malaysia and other Authoritarian Regimes: Challenging Information Scarcity (The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy)
94% match

Internet Use and Protest in Malaysia and other Authoritarian Regimes: Challenging Information Scarcity (The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy)

MACMILLAN

£90.27 25 Jun 2026
Rejecting Compromise: Legislators' Fear of Primary Voters
94% match

Rejecting Compromise: Legislators' Fear of Primary Voters

Cambridge University Press

£74.04 04 Jul 2026
The Political Economy of Governance: Institutions, Political Performance and Elections (Studies in Political Economy)
94% match

The Political Economy of Governance: Institutions, Political Performance and Elections (Studies in Political Economy)

Springer

£73.29 02 Jul 2026
Rethinking Regional Innovation and Change: Path Dependency or Regional Breakthrough: 30 (Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, 30)
94% match

Rethinking Regional Innovation and Change: Path Dependency or Regional Breakthrough: 30 (Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, 30)

Springer

£68.37 07 Jul 2026
Constituency Influence in Parliament: Countering the Centre
94% match

Constituency Influence in Parliament: Countering the Centre

University of British Columbia Press

£57.12 31 Mar 2026
Experimentalist Governance: From Architectures to Outcomes
94% match

Experimentalist Governance: From Architectures to Outcomes

Oxford University Press

£68.98 25 Jun 2026
The Reagan Presidency: Pragmatic Conservatism and Its Legacies
94% match

The Reagan Presidency: Pragmatic Conservatism and Its Legacies

University Press of Kansas

£46.51 07 Mar 2026
Handbook on Policy, Process and Governing
94% match

Handbook on Policy, Process and Governing

Edward Elgar Publishing

£231.99 19 Jun 2026
Non-Western Social Movements and Participatory Democracy: Protest in the Age of Transnationalism (Societies and Political Orders in Transition)
94% match

Non-Western Social Movements and Participatory Democracy: Protest in the Age of Transnationalism (Societies and Political Orders in Transition)

Springer

£91.48 09 Mar 2026
Non-Western Social Movements and Participatory Democracy: Protest in the Age of Transnationalism (Societies and Political Orders in Transition)
94% match

Non-Western Social Movements and Participatory Democracy: Protest in the Age of Transnationalism (Societies and Political Orders in Transition)

Springer

£92.18 03 Jul 2026
The Enduring Democracy (Book Only)
94% match

The Enduring Democracy (Book Only)

Cengage Learning

£88.99 06 Jul 2026