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03970aam a2200493 i 4500 001 768FFB58249911E6BD2B26CEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160528010015 008 160111s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015048073 020 $a 0465042694 020 $a 9780465042692 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OQX $d ON8 $d FM0 $d UOK $d CDX $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JF251 $b .H69 2016 082 00 $a 320.973 $2 23 084 $a POL030000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Howell, William G., $e author. 245 10 $a Relic : $b how our constitution undermines effective government, and why we need a more powerful presidency / $c William G. Howell and Terry M. Moe. 264 1 $a New York : $b Basic Books A Member of the Perseus Books Group, $c [2016] 300 $a xx, 233 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Our government is failing us. Can we simply blame polarization, the deregulation of campaign finance, or some other nefarious force? What if the roots go much deeper, to our nation's start? In Relic, the political scientists William Howell and Terry Moe boldly argue that nothing less than the U.S. Constitution is the cause of government dysfunction. The framers came from a simple, small, agrarian society, and set forth a government comprised of separate powers, one of which, Congress, was expected to respond to the parochial concerns of citizens across the land. By design, the national government they created was incapable of taking broad and meaningful action. But a hundred years after the nation's founding, the United States was transformed into a complex, large, and industrial society. The key, they argue, is to expand the powers of the president. Presidents take a longer view of things out of concern for their legacies, and are able to act without hesitation. To back up this controversial remedy, Howell and Moe offer an incisive understanding of the Progressive Movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, one of the most powerful movements in American history. The Progressives shone a bright light on the mismatch between our constitutional government and the demands of modernity, and they succeeded in changing our government, sidelining Congress and installing a presidentially-led system that was more able to tackle the nation's vast social problems. Howell and Moe argue that we need a second Progressive Movement dedicated to effective government, above all to reforms that promote strong presidential leadership. For it is through the presidency that the American government can address the problems that threaten the very stability of our society"-- $c Provided by publisher. 500 $a Includes index. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-220) and index. 505 0 $a The Constitution, social change, and the Progressives -- Congress and the pathologies of American government -- The promise of presidential leadership -- Toward a more effective government. 610 10 $a United States. $t Constitution. 630 07 $a Constitution (United States) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01356075 650 0 $a Executive power $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government. 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE $x National. $x National. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Executive power. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00917857 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 700 1 $a Moe, Terry M., $e author. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Howell, William G., author. $t Relic. $d New York : Basic Books, 2016 $z 9780465098583 $w (DLC) 2016001346 941 $a 5 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018022140.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718092508.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20180118010248.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826052002.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20160528010320.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=768FFB58249911E6BD2B26CEDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search