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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814336903321

Autore

Mann Thomas E

Titolo

The broken branch : how Congress is failing America and how to get it back on track / / Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-773299-2

1-280-84482-5

0-19-803889-5

1-4294-3874-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Institutions of American democracy

Altri autori (Persone)

OrnsteinNorman J

Disciplina

328.73

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands."

"The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-255) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The first branch of government : theory and practice -- The seeds of the contemporary problem, 1969-1994 -- A decade of Republican control -- Institutional decline -- The case of continuity.

Sommario/riassunto

Arguing that congress faces a crisis of self-identity and role in the American Constitutional System, this book examines the first principles of the intended role of the legislative branch, looks throughout history at how congress has fulfilled this role, and considers what can be done to improve it.