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1. What is the term used to describe periods of political disagreement between opposing parties that are so difficult that policy-making and administration slows or stalls?

Bipartisanship is the term used to describe periods of political disagreement between opposing parties that stalls the administrative and policy-making process.

EXPLANATION:

It is found from recent research done by Deven Carlson and Tyler Hughes that if a government is divided, it delays a particular legislative process by an average of 60 days.

Political divide happens when the two major houses of a nation’s parliament are controlled one each by the two predominant parties of the country.

In such a scenario, the policymaking process requires a compromise between the 2 parties which at times is very difficult to achieve. A classic example will be the current US politics, in which the Democrats are holding the White House and the Republicans are controlling the House of Representatives.

SOURCE: 

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2015/05/19/how-party-polarization-makes-the-legislative-process-even-slower-when-government-is-divided/