Congress, keystone of the Washington establishment /

"This highly readable book makes a strong case that a Washington establishment does exist and that members of Congress are responsible for it. Fiorina's description of the self-serving interconnections that have developed between Congress, bureaucrats, and citizens with special interests l...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fiorina, Morris P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1989]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress.
États-Unis. > Congress.
Administrative agencies > United States.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Gouvernement représentatif > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Legislative Branch.
Administrative agencies.
Representative government and representation.
Congresso nacional > Estados unidos.
Legislação > Estados unidos.
États-Unis > Administration.
United States.
Legislatures
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The case of the vanishing marginals
  • The marginal district : some brief remarks about the victim
  • The vanishing marginals : who done it?
  • A tale of two districts
  • The rise of the Washington estalishment
  • Back to the vanishing marginals : some loose ends
  • Some circumstantial evidence surrounding the rise of the Washington establishment
  • Alternative views
  • What lies ahead?
  • Some more-than-circumstantial evidence
  • Confusions and clarifications
  • Underemphasis and new developments
  • Looking back and looking ahead.

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