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Less Than Meets the Eye
Barbara Hinckley
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Description for Less Than Meets the Eye
Paperback. An account of congressional responses to foreign policy over the last 30 years. Hinckley argues that congressional assertiveness is as much a myth as the struggle between the elected branches, and proposes reforms that might result in real congressional participation. Series: Twentieth Century Fund Books. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHC; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
Focusing on cases involving major military action, foreign aid authorization and key controversial votes in both legislative branches, Hinckley shows that - appearances to the contrary - Congress more often than not votes with the President and has done so for the last few decades. Despite occasional flurries of activity on carefully chosen symbolic issues, most foreign policy issues never even make the Congressional agenda. Those that do are often dispatched with demands for reports that are left unread or with tough restrictions having built-in "escape provisions". Both branches, Hinckley argues, encourage this image of conflict and profit from the ... Read more
Focusing on cases involving major military action, foreign aid authorization and key controversial votes in both legislative branches, Hinckley shows that - appearances to the contrary - Congress more often than not votes with the President and has done so for the last few decades. Despite occasional flurries of activity on carefully chosen symbolic issues, most foreign policy issues never even make the Congressional agenda. Those that do are often dispatched with demands for reports that are left unread or with tough restrictions having built-in "escape provisions". Both branches, Hinckley argues, encourage this image of conflict and profit from the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Chicago Press Chicago, IL
Condition
New
Series
Twentieth Century Fund Books
Number of Pages
259
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226341446
SKU
V9780226341446
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