Stability and change in Congress

Politics & Social Sciences

Hinckley, Barbara

Politics & Government

Harper&Row

Science & Math

Mathematics

Stability and Change in Congress

HarperCollins, Publishers

Near fine paperback copy. Slightly suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains quite well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 323 pages; Description: viii, 323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: United States. Congress. United States --Politics and government --1945-1989.

Outline of American Government: The Continuing Experiment

Pearson College Div

Less than Meets the Eye: Foreign Policy Making and the Myth of the Assertive Congress (Twentieth Century Fund Book)

Focusing on cases involving major military action, foreign aid authorization, and key controversial votes in both legislative branches, Hinckley shows that—appearances to the contrary—Congress more often than not votes with the President, and has done so for the last few decades. Despite occasional flurries of activity on carefully chosen symbolic issues, most foreign policy issues never even make the Congressional agenda. Those that do are often dispatched with demands for reports that are left unread or with tough restrictions having built-in "escape provisions." Both branches, Hinckley argues, encourage this image of conflict and profit from the symbolic political capital it produces. This process comes to light in her analysis of aid to Nicaragua.What Hinckley reveals is sharply at odds with conventional wisdom and unflattering to both the executive and the legislative branches of government. More than a critical reassessment, this book also proposes reforms than might result in real congressional participation in the making of foreign policy. With its insight into how our system of checks and balances works—and doesn't—this book takes a first step toward making the peoples' representatives accountable for crucial American interests in foreign matters.

University of Chicago Press

Focusing on cases involving major military action, foreign aid authorization, and key controversial votes in both legislative branches, Hinckley shows that—appearances to the contrary—Congress more often than not votes with the President, and has done so for the last few decades. Despite occasional flurries of activity on carefully chosen symbolic issues, most foreign policy issues never even make the Congressional agenda. Those that do are often dispatched with demands for reports that are left unread or with tough restrictions having built-in "escape provisions." Both branches, Hinckley argues, encourage this image of conflict and profit from the symbolic political capital it produces. This process comes to light in her analysis of aid to Nicaragua. What Hinckley reveals is sharply at odds with conventional wisdom and unflattering to both the executive and the legislative branches of government. More than a critical reassessment, this book also proposes reforms than might result in real congressional participation in the making of foreign policy. With its insight into how our system of checks and balances works—and doesn't—this book takes a first step toward making the peoples' representatives accountable for crucial American interests in foreign matters.

The Symbolic Presidency: How Presidents Portray Themselves

Describing how American presidents present themselves and their governments to the people, this text analyzes the entire staging of a presidential appearance. Focusing on the modern presidents, from Truman to Bush, the author's research is rooted in the Public Papers of each president.

The symbolic presidency: How presidents portray themselves

Routledge

Describing how American presidents present themselves and their governments to the people, this text analyzes the entire staging of a presidential appearance. Focusing on the modern presidents, from Truman to Bush, the author's research is rooted in the Public Papers of each president.

Describes how modern presidents from Truman to Bush have been rated by the public-opinion polls and how the media ratings affect the polls

Follow The Leader: Opinion Polls And The Modern Presidents

Basic Books

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Stability and change in Congress

Stability and change in Congress

Stability and Change in Congress

Stability and Change in Congress

Outline of American Government: The Continuing Experiment

Less than Meets the Eye: Foreign Policy Making and the Myth of the Assertive Congress (Twentieth Century Fund Book)

Less than Meets the Eye: Foreign Policy Making and the Myth of the Assertive Congress (Twentieth Century Fund Book)

The symbolic presidency: How presidents portray themselves

The Symbolic Presidency: How Presidents Portray Themselves

Follow The Leader: Opinion Polls And The Modern Presidents