Working Congress : A Guide for Senators, Representatives, and Citizens /

In 1964, as the polarizing Civil Rights Act made its way through the House and Senate, and Congress navigated one of the most tumultuous eras in American history, a Harris Poll put the institution's approval rating at 60 percent. Why then, fifty years later, has the public's approval of Co...

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Autres auteurs: Mann, Robert, 1958- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2014]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
United States. > Congress.
Right and left (Political science)
Political parties.
Political culture.
Partisanship.
Courtesy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Right and left (Political science) > United States.
Courtesy > United States.
Political parties > United States.
Political culture > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. What's the Problem with Congress?; 2. The Ascent of Bipartisanship to the Congressional Reform Agenda; 3. The Challenge of Bipartisanship A Historical Perspective; 4. Congress and Electoral Reform in the Early Twenty-First Century; 5. Can't We All Just Get Along? Civility and Bipartisanship in Congress; 6. Is Persuasion a Lost Art? How Members of Congress Can Stop Shouting and Start Persuading; Contributors.

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