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Author:
Mann, Thomas E.
Title:
The broken branch : how Congress is failing America and how to get it back on track / Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein.
Edition:
2008 ed.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
xiii, 298 p. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
United States--Congress.
United States--Congress.--Reform.
United States--Politics and government.
Other Authors:
Ornstein, Norman J.
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.
Annenberg Public Policy Center.
Notes:
"Updated with new epilogue"--Cover. "The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.". "The Annenberg Public Policy.". Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-281) and index.
Contents:
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 -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: is the broken branch on the mend?
Summary:
The Broken Branch offers both a diagnosis of the cause of Congressional decline and a blueprint for change, from two experts who understand politics and revere our institutions, but believe that Congress has become deeply dysfunctional. --from publisher description.
Series:
Institutions of American democracy series
ISBN:
0195368711 (pbk.)
9780195368710 (pbk.)
Locations:
XHPD657 -- Glenwood Public Library (Glenwood)

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