The Senate Syndrome The Evolution of Procedural Warfare in the Modern U. S. Senate |
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| Author:
| Smith, Steven S. |
| Series title: | The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-4439-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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With its rock-bottom approval ratings, acrimonious partisan battles, and apparent inability to do its legislative business, the U.S. Senate might easily be deemed unworthy of attention, if not downright irrelevant. This book tells us that would be a mistake. Because the Senate has become the place where the policy-making process most frequently stalls, any effective resolution to our polarized politics demands a clear understanding of how the formerly august legislative body...
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With its rock-bottom approval ratings, acrimonious partisan battles, and apparent inability to do its legislative business, the U.S. Senate might easily be deemed unworthy of attention, if not downright irrelevant. This book tells us that would be a mistake. Because the Senate has become the place where the policy-making process most frequently stalls, any effective resolution to our polarized politics demands a clear understanding of how the formerly august legislative body once worked and how it came to the present crisis. Steven S. Smith provides that understanding in The Senate Syndrome.