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Changing cultures in congress : from fair play to power plays Donald R.Wolfensberger

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Woodrow Wilson Center seriesPublication details: New York Columbia University Press 2018Description: 183 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780231190152
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KF4992.W65 CHA
Contents:
Introduction -- Rolling rules : from level ground to partisan tilt -- Making House rules -- Procedural triage for health care reform -- Fraying purse strings -- Whither the war power? -- Congress and the Iran deal : rational reactor or design flaw? -- Governing in a political world
Summary: The United States Congress has been described as dysfunctional, gridlocked, polarized, hyperpartisan, chaotic, and do-nothing. In Changing Cultures in Congress, Donald R. Wolfensberger explains the institutional dynamics behind Congress's devolution to a body plagued by a win-at-any-cost mentality and a culture of perpetual campaigning
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Book Book Zvishavane Library Open Shelf KF4992.W65 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 147274 Available BK133762

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Rolling rules : from level ground to partisan tilt -- Making House rules -- Procedural triage for health care reform -- Fraying purse strings -- Whither the war power? -- Congress and the Iran deal : rational reactor or design flaw? -- Governing in a political world

The United States Congress has been described as dysfunctional, gridlocked, polarized, hyperpartisan, chaotic, and do-nothing. In Changing Cultures in Congress, Donald R. Wolfensberger explains the institutional dynamics behind Congress's devolution to a body plagued by a win-at-any-cost mentality and a culture of perpetual campaigning

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