Description: Further DetailsTitle: Congress OverwhelmedCondition: NewSubtitle: The Decline in Congressional Capacity and Prospects for ReformEAN: 9780226702438ISBN: 9780226702438Publisher: University of Chicago PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 02/05/2021Description: Congress today is falling short. Fewer bills, worse oversight, and more dysfunction. But why? In a new volume of essays, the contributors investigate an underappreciated reason Congress is struggling: it doesn't have the internal capacity to do what our constitutional system requires of it. Leading scholars chronicle the institutional decline of Congress and the decades-long neglect of its own internal investments in the knowledge and expertise necessary to perform as a first-rate legislature. Today's legislators and congressional committees have fewer--and less expert and experienced--staff than the executive branch or K Street. This leaves them at the mercy of lobbyists and the administrative bureaucracy. The essays in Congress Overwhelmed assess Congress's declining capacity and explore ways to upgrade it. Some provide broad historical scope. Others evaluate the current decay and investigate how Congress manages despite the obstacles. Collectively, they undertake the most comprehensive, sophisticated appraisal of congressional capacity to date, and they offer a new analytical frame for thinking about--and improving--our underperforming first branch of government.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmContributor: Lee Drutman (Edited by), Timothy M Lapira (Edited by), Kevin R Kosar (Edited by)Genre: Law & PoliticsAuthor: Lee DrutmanRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Congress Overwhelmed
Title: Congress Overwhelmed
Subtitle: The Decline in Congressional Capacity and Prospects for Reform
EAN: 9780226702438
ISBN: 9780226702438
Release Date: 02/05/2021
Release Year: 2021
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Kevin R Kosar (Edited by)
Genre: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Name: Congress Overwhelmed : the Decline in Congressional Capacity and Prospects for Reform
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: American Government / Legislative Branch, American Government / General
Publication Year: 2021
Item Height: 0.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 22.1 Oz
Item Length: 1 in
Subject Area: Political Science
Author: Lee Drutman
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Hardcover
