The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track (Institutions of American Democracy) - Hardcover

Mann, Thomas E.; Ornstein, Norman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195174461 ISBN 13: 9780195174465

Verlag: OUP USA, 2006

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Book by Mann Thomas E Ornstein Norman J

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...The Broken Branch...reveals their relationship with the national legislature to be much more profound than mere observation. Frankly, its love. And they are deeply distressed by Congresss current low esteem. Urging reform at every opportunity, they seem like the loyal spouse of an alcoholic or drug addict, desperately pushing their beloved into rehab. (New York Times Book Review)

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In this book, the third of the five trade books for the Institutions of Democracy project, Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein argue that congress faces a crisis of self-identity and role in the American Constitutional System. Congress is supposed to be the driving force behind policy in the nation and a vital check and balance against the executive, but it is neither, particularly under the current administration. As with other books in this series Mann and Ornstein will examine the first principles of the intended role of the legislative branch, look throughout history at how congress has fulfilled this role, and consider what can be done to improve it and bring it back to its original purpose.

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• Verlag: OUP USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0195174461
• ISBN 13: 9780195174465
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288