Is Congress Broken? : The Virtues and Defects of Partisanship and Gridlock /

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"Making Congress Work, Again, Within the Constitutional System Congress for many years has ranked low in public esteem-joining journalists, bankers, and union leaders at the bottom of polls. And in recent years there's been good reason for the public disregard, with the rise of hyper-parti...

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Other Authors: Schmitt, Gary James, 1952- (Editor), Pitney, John J., Jr., 1955- (Editor), Connelly, William F., 1951- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress.
Representative government and representation.
Politics and government.
Political leadership.
Political culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Gouvernement representatif > États-Unis.
Political culture > United States.
Political leadership > United States.
Representative government and representation > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siecle.
United States > Politics and government > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / William F. Connelly Jr. and John J. Pitney Jr.
  • Two pathways for congressional reform / Daniel Stid
  • Congressional representation and contemporary critiques / Andrew E. Busch
  • Return to deliberation? : politics and lawmaking in committee and on the floor / Daniel J. Palazzolo
  • Changing House rules : from level playing field to partisan tilt / Donald R. Wolfensberger
  • Reclaiming institutional relevance through congressional oversight / Melanie Marlowe
  • The other end of Pennsylvania Avenue / Gary J. Schmitt and Rebecca Burgess
  • The Constitution and congressional leadership / Kathryn Pearson
  • Ending the omnibus : restoring regular order in congressional appropriations / Peter C. Hanson
  • Political realism : how hacks, machines, big money, and back-room deals can strengthen American democracy / Jonathan Rauch
  • A return to Madisonian republicanism : strengthening the nation's most representative institution / William F. Connelly Jr. and John J. Pitney Jr.

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