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Thinking About Congress : Essays on Congressional Change
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Observing the polarized, debilitating politics of today's Congress, one wonders whether change is possible on Capitol Hill. In Thinking about Congress, Lawrence Dodd reminds us that Congress seemed equally intransigent at times the past, yet change and rejuvenation came. Reading his classic essays, one sees Congress move from Committee Government in mid-twentieth century to Liberal Democratic reforms in the 1970s to the 1994 Republican Revolution to Party Government today. Simultaneously, one proceeds with Dodd to an ever-deeper understanding of the dynamic character of Congress.
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- ISBN-13: 9780415991551
- ISBN-10: 0415991552
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publish Date: December 2011
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.94 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.64 pounds
- Page Count: 432
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