It's Even Worse Than It Looks (Revised and Expanded Edition)
How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
4 April 2016
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. 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 the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780465096206 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0465096204 |
| Author: | Thomas E. Mann, Norman J. Ornstein |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 4 April 2016 |
| Weight: | 290g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 142mm x 20mm |
About The Author
Thomas E. Mann
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 Inside Out.” He lives in Washington, D.C. Both are fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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