This analysis of legislative behavior shows how primary voters can obstruct political compromise and outlines potential reforms to remedy gridlock.

Legislative solutions to pressing problems like balancing the budget, climate change, and poverty usually require compromise. Yet national, state, and local leg

The court has an unfettered discretion to vary or withhold the costs penalties for rejecting a realistic offer of compromise.

Why compromise is essential for effective government and why it is missing in politics today To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. Whe

Until recently, discussions of compromise have been largely absent in political theory. However, political theorists have become increasingly interested in unde