It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism

by Norman J. Ornstein, Thomas E. Mann, Norman J Ornstein

Book Overview

Acrimony and hyperpartisanship have seeped into every part of the political process. Congress is deadlocked and its approval ratings are at record lows. America's two main political parties have given up their traditions of compromise, endangering our very system of constitutional democracy. And one of these parties has taken on the role of insurgent outlier; the Republicans have become ideologically extreme, scornful of compromise, and ardently opposed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465031331
• ISBN13: 9780465031337
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher