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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date
December 1, 2010
Pages
182
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780199945931
ISBN-10
0199945934
Dimensions
0.25 by 5 by 8 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Original list price
$24.95
Other format details
university press
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Congress and Its Members | It's Even Worse Than It Looks | It's Even Worse Than It Looks | It's Even Worse Than It Looks | Essentials of International Relations | Power and Constraint | The Complete Plays of Sophocles | The Broken Branch | My Declaration of Independence
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This book explains why Congress is the indispensable institution for safeguarding popular, democratic, and constitutional government. Even though its record over the past two centuries presents a mixed picture, the record of the other two branches is also decidedly mixed. The author has worked for Congress for the past four decades and writes from a perspective that intimately understands its shortcomings while appreciating its strengths. He contends that portraying Congress as so inherently inept that it must be kept subordinate to presidential or judicial power is misguided and uninformed. The Constitution looks to Congress as the first branch because it is the institution through which citizens at the local and state level engage in self-government. Although Presidents claim to be the national representative, they cannot substitute for the knowledge and legitimacy brought by members of Congress. Congress, after all, is the people's branch and this book restores it to its rightful claim.
Editions
Hardcover
from Oxford Univ Pr (December 1, 2010)
9780199945924 | details & prices | 182 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.62 lbs | List price $125.00
from Paradigm Pub (December 30, 2009)
9781594517945 | details & prices | 182 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $125.00
About: This book explains why Congress is the indispensable institution for safeguarding popular, democratic, and constitutional government.
About: This book explains why Congress is the indispensable institution for safeguarding popular, democratic, and constitutional government.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Oxford Univ Pr (December 1, 2010)
9780199945931 | details & prices | 182 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $24.95
About: This book explains why Congress is the indispensable institution for safeguarding popular, democratic, and constitutional government.
About: This book explains why Congress is the indispensable institution for safeguarding popular, democratic, and constitutional government.
from Paradigm Pub (June 30, 2010)
9781594517952 | details & prices | 182 pages | 4.75 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $24.95
About: This book explains why Congress is the indispensable institution for safeguarding popular, democratic, and constitutional government.
About: This book explains why Congress is the indispensable institution for safeguarding popular, democratic, and constitutional government.
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