Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics - Brossura

Wilson, Woodrow

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ISBN 10: 0486447359 ISBN 13: 9780486447353

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2006

Riassunto

A remarkable work of scholarship, Congressional Government addresses the difficulties inherent in the American Constitution's separation of legislative and executive powers. Woodrow Wilson wrote this powerful political tract as his doctoral dissertation, and it contains the essence of the future president's political reasoning. A popular and critical success upon its 1885 publication, it remains remarkably vital more than a century later.
Wilson argues that in the years following the Civil War, the legislature received unfair advantages from the system of checks and balances, threatening the effectiveness of the constitutionally mandated separation of powers. He proposes the British parliamentary system as an alternative model of openness and responsibility, citing numerous examples of its effectiveness. Frequently quoted by constitutional scholars and advocates of government reform, Congressional Government remains essential to discussions of the balance of power within the U.S. government. This edition features an insightful Introduction by political theorist Walter Lippmann.

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This remarkable work of scholarship addresses the difficulties inherent in the American Constitution's separation of legislative and executive powers. In his first book, Wilson argues that in the years following the Civil War, the legislature received unfair advantages from the system of checks and balances, threatening the effectiveness of the constitutionally mandated separation of powers.

Contenuti:

Introduction by Walter Lippmann Preface to Fifteenth Printing I. Introductory II. The House of Representatives: One III. The House of Representatives: Two IV. The Senate V. The Executive VI. Conclusion Sources Notes

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• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0486447359
• ISBN 13: 9780486447353
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 222