The Senate Syndrome: The Evolution of Procedural Warfare in the Modern U.S. Senate Volume 12

by Steven S. Smith

With its rock-bottom approval ratings, acrimonious partisan battles, and apparent inability to do its legislative business, the U.S. Senate might easily be deemed unworthy of attention, if not downright irrelevant. This book tells us that would be a mistake. Because the Senate has become the place where the policy-making process most frequently stalls, any effective resolution to our polarized politics demands a clear understanding of how the formerly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806144394
• ISBN13: 9780806144399
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.7" x 8.6"