Triumphs and Tragedies of the Modern Congress: Case Studies in Legislative Leadership - Hardcover

III, Maxmillian Angerholzer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1440831998 ISBN 13: 9781440831997

Publisher: Praeger, 2014

Synopsis

Published in partnership with the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, this book offers insightful examinations of congressional success and failure from the New Deal to today by leading political scholars and journalists. This analysis identifies lessons learned throughout history relevant to present and future politics.

· Offers compelling analysis of congressional policy and decision-making that enables readers to understand the potential impact on future politics

· Analyzes congressional relations with the executive branch, including power balance, successes, and points of conflict with the White House

· Addresses major domestic programs from the New Deal through No Child Left Behind

· Includes National Security and foreign policy case studies from World War II through the post-9/11 world as well as short biographies of Congress' most influential leaders

· Examines Congress' greatest spheres of influence and how these have changed over the years and considers how major congressional battles arose, were reconciled, and had lasting effects

About this title

Book Description:

What are the reasons for the bitter partisan power struggles in today's Congress?

About the Author:

Maxmillian Angerholzer III is president and CEO of the Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress (CSPC) as well as senior adviser and corporate secretary of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation, a philanthropic institution in Washington, DC.

James Kitfield is a contributing editor and a former senior correspondent at National Journal who has written on national security, intelligence, and foreign policy issues for more than two decades.

During his long career in public service, Christopher P. Lu has served in all three branches of the federal government and is an expert on how policy gets made in Washington.

Norman Ornstein is resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and contributing editor and columnist for National Journal and The Atlantic.

About this edition

• Publisher: Praeger
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1440831998
• ISBN 13: 9781440831997
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 440