"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.
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