"Congress is the first branch of government in the American system, write Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, but now it is a broken branch, damaged by partisan bickering and internal rancor. The Broken Branch offers both a diagnosis of the cause of Congressional decline and …
Congress is the first branch of government in the American system, write Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, but now it is a broken branch, damaged by partisan bickering and internal rancor. The Broken Branch offers both a brilliant diagnosis of the cause of Congressional dec…
These events led to a total change in the way Britain was governed, a two year revolution that Antonia Fraser brings to vivid dramatic life.
These events led to a total change in the way Britain was governed, a two year revolution that Antonia Fraser brings to vivid dramatic life.
Democratic design
The book argues that we can remake and renew our ideas of democracy. It builds, defends, and illustrates the democratic design framework -- a new tool for politicians, reformers, and observers facing the great challenges of democracy around the world today.
The book argues that we can remake and renew our ideas of democracy. It builds, defends, and illustrates the democratic design framework -- a new tool for politicians, reformers, and observers facing the great challenges of democracy around the world today.
Thirty years after the 'Watergate Babies' promised to end corruption in Washington, Julian Zelizer offers the first major history of the demise of the committee era Congress and the rise of the contemporary legislative branch. Based on research in over 100 archival collections, …
"Thirty years after the "Watergate Babies" promised to end corruption in Washington, Julian Zelizer offers the first major history of the demise of the committee-era Congress and the rise of the contemporary legislative branch. Based on research in more than a hundred archival c…
