자료유형 | E-Book |
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개인저자 | Wallach, Philip A., author. |
서명/저자사항 | Why Congress /Philip A. Wallach. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations |
소장본 주기 | OCLC control number change |
ISBN | 9780197657904 0197657907 9780197657881 0197657885 9780197657898 0197657893 |
서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
내용주기 | What Only Congress Can Do -- Part 1. When Congress Worked. Congress and World War II -- The Achievement of Civil Rights -- Part 2. Congress Transformed. Cacophony -- The Reforms of the 1970s -- Conservatives against Congress -- The Triumph of Partisan Posturing over Politics -- Part 3. The Costs of a Failing Congress. Failing to Compromise on Immigration -- Congress and COVID -- Part 4. Three Futures for Congress. Decrepitude -- Rubber Stamp -- Revival -- Postscript: An Open Letter to America's Legislators. |
요약 | "To achieve legitimate self-government in America's extended Republic, the U.S. Constitution depends on Congress harmonizing the country's factions through a process of conflict and accommodation. Why Congress demonstrates the value of this activity by showing the legislature's distinctive contributions in two crucial moments in the mid-twentieth century: during World War II, when congressional deliberation contributed to national cohesion by balancing interests and ensuring fairness, and during the push to end racial segregation, when a prolonged debate in Congress focused the nation's attention and delivered a decisive victory for the broad coalition united around civil rights. The second part of the book traces the evolution of Congress, which first experimented with radical decentralization in the 1970s and then, beginning in the 1980s, embraced powerful leadership and ideological caucuses that prioritized partisan unity and electoral confrontation. This transformed institution has been unable to work through the country's deep divisions on contemporary issues like immigration or the COVID-19 pandemic. Contemporary policymaking often circumvents Congress entirely. In other instances, Congress is engaged, but it proceeds without any bipartisan cooperation or through leader-broken compromises generated by crises. Each of these patterns creates serious difficulties for legitimating American policy. The book concludes with three scenarios for Congress's future. Without significant change, the institution will sink into decrepitude. But it could still be transformed, either by progressive constitutional reform empowering the president at the legislature's expense, or by a revival of meaningful deliberation and debate facilitated by the renewal of the committee system"-- |
주제명(단체명) | United States. -- Congress. United States. -- Congress. -- fast -- |
일반주제명 | Politics and government. |
주제명(지명) | United States -- Politics and government.United States. -- fast |
언어 | 영어 |
기타형태 저록 | Print version:Wallach, Philip A.Why CongressFirst Edition.New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]9780197657874 |
대출바로가기 | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3592597 |
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No. | 등록번호 | 청구기호 | 소장처 | 도서상태 | 반납예정일 | 예약 | 서비스 | 매체정보 |
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1 | WE00023722 | 328.73 | 가야대학교/전자책서버(컴퓨터서버)/ | 대출가능 |