The Dysfunctional Congress?: The Individual Roots Of An Institutional Dilemma - Couverture souple

Mayer, Kenneth R; Canon, David T

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0813326990 ISBN 13 : 9780813326993

Editeur : Westview Press, 1999

Synopsis

Congress is in trouble. The public doubts its capacity to solve our nation's problems and the current majority party is attempting to shift the balance of institutional power away from Congress and toward the President. In The Dysfunctional Congress? , David Canon and Kenneth Mayer maintain that Congress's difficulties are the result of two fundamental flaws in the system: a misunderstanding of Congress's institutional role within our governmental process, and an ongoing conflict within Congress between actions that are individually rational for members of Congress, but are not in the collective interest of society more broadly. Most of the reforms suggested by well-intentioned outsiders—term limits, a balanced budget amendment, cutting Congressional staff, eliminating Congressional perks—skirt these two central issues.

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À propos de l?auteur

Kenneth Mayer and David Canon teach politcal science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Kenneth Mayer and David Canon teach politcal science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Westview Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813326990
• ISBN 13: 9780813326993
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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