Deliberative Choices: Debating Public Policy in Congress

by Gary Mucciaroni and Paul J. Quirk

Book Overview

The task of deliberating public policy falls preeminently to Congress. But decisions on matters ranging from budget deficits to the war with Iraq, among others, raise serious doubts about its performance. In Deliberative Choices, Gary Mucciaroni and Paul J. Quirk assess congressional deliberation by analyzing debate on the House and Senate floors. Does debate genuinely inform members of Congress and the public? Or does it mostly mislead and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226544079
• ISBN13: 9780226544076
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"