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Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics (Library of Liberal Thought)
by Woodrow Wilson (Introduction: Jr., William Connelly)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Transaction Publishers (2002-04-16)
ISBN: 0765809281
EAN: 9780765809285
Dewy Decimal #: 328.73
Paperback: 344 pages
SKU: 30-LEX3-FLO1
Condition: New
Comments: Brand new book. Gift quality.
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Product Description
Wilson divides Congressional Government into six parts. In part one, his introductory statement, Wilson analyzes the need for a federal constitution and asks whether or not it is still a document that should be unquestioningly venerated. In part two, Wilson describes the make-up and functions of the House of Representatives in painstaking detail. Part three is concerned with taxation and financial administration by the government and its resulting economic repercussions. Part four is an explanation of the Senate's role in the legislative process. The electoral system and responsibilities of the president are the central concerns of part five. And Wilson concludes, in part six, with a both philosophical and practical summarization of the congressional form of the United States government, in which he also compares it to European modes of state governance.
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Wilson's Insights Still Stand 100 Years Later
Rating  (5)
Date: 1999-03-27
11 out of 11 customers found this reveiw helpful
In the gutsiest political manifesto of American history, Woodrow Wilson dared to say that the Founding Fathers had it wrong. What's amazing is that his analysis holds up after 100 years. Wilson believed that "separation of powers" did not exist, and that the building impenetrable walls between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches produced abdication of responsbility. Wilson held up as a model the Westminster cabinet form of government as a model of clarity, openness, and responsibility. You can read Wilson's 1884 pages as if he wrote them today. The style is pure Victorian -- run-on sentences galore -- but the analysis is rapier-sharp. My opinion -- get this book, and have your mind changed. You will never see American government the same way again.PATRICK McGRATH The Campaign for Responsible Government Stony Point, NY
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