It's even worse than it looks : how the American constitutional system collided with the new politics of extremism (Book, 2016) [Texas Group Catalog]
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It's even worse than it looks : how the American constitutional system collided with the new politics of extremism

It's even worse than it looks : how the American constitutional system collided with the new politics of extremism

Author: Thomas E Mann; Norman J Ornstein
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2012. 2016.
Edition/Format:   Print book : English : New and expanded editionView all editions and formats
Summary:
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. 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  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Thomas E Mann; Norman J Ornstein
ISBN: 9780465096206 0465096204
OCLC Number: 928780666
Notes: On cover, word in title "looks" has line through it and next to it "was."
"Preface and Afterword copyright @2016 by Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein."--Title page verso.
Description: xxiv, 247 pages ; 21 cm
Contents: Preface to the 2016 paperback edition --
The new politics of hostage taking --
The seeds of dysfunction --
Beyond the debt ceiling fiasco --
Bromides to avoid --
Fixing the party system --
Reforming U.S. political institutions --
Navigating the current system --
Afterword to the 2016 paperback edition.
Other Titles: It's even worse than it was
Responsibility: Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein.

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"[Mann and Ornstein] have done the public a great service-and have been much braver than many in the media, the think tanks, or Congress-in using their personal credibility to clearly describe what  Read more...
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