The broken branch : how Congress is failing America and how to get it back on track / / Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein
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Mann Thomas E
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| Titolo: |
The broken branch : how Congress is failing America and how to get it back on track / / Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 328.73 |
| Altri autori: |
OrnsteinNorman J
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| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The broken branch |
| ISBN: | 0-19-773299-2 |
| 1-280-84482-5 | |
| 0-19-803889-5 | |
| 1-4294-3874-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814336903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Institutions of American democracy series.