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It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism
Mann, Thomas E., Ornstein, Norman J.
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Paperback. Title appears on cover as It's even worse than it looks, with "looks" struck through and replaced by "was." Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JPHC; JPHV; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Hyperpartisanship has gridlocked the American government. Congress's approval ratings are at record lows, and both Democrats and Republicans are disgusted by the government's inability to get anything done. In It's Even Worse than It Looks, Congressional scholars Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein present a grim picture of how party polarization and tribal politics have led Congress- and the United States- to the brink of institutional failure.In this revised edition, the authors bring their seminal book up-to-date in a political environment that is more divided than ever. The underlying dynamics of the situation- extremist Republicans holding government hostage to ... Read more
Hyperpartisanship has gridlocked the American government. Congress's approval ratings are at record lows, and both Democrats and Republicans are disgusted by the government's inability to get anything done. In It's Even Worse than It Looks, Congressional scholars Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein present a grim picture of how party polarization and tribal politics have led Congress- and the United States- to the brink of institutional failure.In this revised edition, the authors bring their seminal book up-to-date in a political environment that is more divided than ever. The underlying dynamics of the situation- extremist Republicans holding government hostage to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465096206
SKU
V9780465096206
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About Mann, Thomas E., Ornstein, Norman J.
Thomas E. Mann is the W. Averell Harriman Chair and senior fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution. He is a former executive director of the American Political Science Association. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Norman J. Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of a weekly column for Roll Call, called Congress ... Read more
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