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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Institutions of American democracy
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Institutions of American democracy series.
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| Note |
Title from PDF title page (viewed Nov. 19, 2009). |
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"The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands." |
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"The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 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. |
| Summary |
Congress is the first branch of government in the American system, write Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, but now it is a broken branch, damaged by partisan bickering and internal rancor. The Broken Branch offers both a brilliant diagnosis of the cause of Congressional decline and a much-needed blueprint for change, from two experts who understand politics and revere our institutions, but believe that Congress has become deeply dysfunctional. Mann and Ornstein, two of the nations most renowned and judicious scholars of government and politics, bring to light the historical roots of Congr. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Congress.
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United States. Congress. |
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United States. Congress -- Reform.
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United States. Congress -- Reform. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ornstein, Norman J.
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Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.
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Annenberg Public Policy Center.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mann, Thomas E. Broken branch. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0195174461 (DLC) 2006002568 (OCoLC)63195916 |
| ISBN |
9780198038894 (electronic book) |
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0198038895 (electronic book) |
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9781429438742 (electronic book) |
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1429438746 (electronic book) |
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9780195174465 |
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0195174461 |
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