The dysfunctional Congress? : the individual roots of an institutional dilemma
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The dysfunctional Congress? : the individual roots of an institutional dilemma
（Dilemmas in American politics）
Westview Press, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-185) and index
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: hc ISBN 9780813326986
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Congress is in trouble. The public doubts its capacity to solve our nations problems and the current majority party is attempting to shift the balance of institutional power away from Congress and toward the President. In The Dysfunctional Congress? , David Canon and Kenneth Mayer maintain that Congresss difficulties are the result of two fundamental flaws in the system: a misunderstanding of Congresss institutional role within our governmental process, and an ongoing conflict within Congress between actions that are individually rational for members of Congress, but are not in the collective interest of society more broadly. Most of the reforms suggested by well-intentioned outsidersterm limits, a balanced budget amendment, cutting Congressional staff, eliminating Congressional perksskirt these two central issues. 0813326990 the Dysfunctional Congress? : the Individual Roots of an Institutional Dilemma
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IntroductionWhy Dont We Like Congress? The Collective Dilemma DefinedThe Collective Dilemma Through HistoryThe Collective Dilemma in the Modern ContextThe Collective Dilemma and Congressional ReformAn Agenda for Reform: Coming to Terms with the Collective Dilemma 001 0813326990
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: pbk ISBN 9780813326993
Description
Congress is in trouble. The public doubts its capacity to solve our nations problems and the current majority party is attempting to shift the balance of institutional power away from Congress and toward the President. In The Dysfunctional Congress? , David Canon and Kenneth Mayer maintain that Congresss difficulties are the result of two fundamental flaws in the system: a misunderstanding of Congresss institutional role within our governmental process, and an ongoing conflict within Congress between actions that are individually rational for members of Congress, but are not in the collective interest of society more broadly. Most of the reforms suggested by well-intentioned outsidersterm limits, a balanced budget amendment, cutting Congressional staff, eliminating Congressional perksskirt these two central issues.
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