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Broken government? : American politics in the Obama era by Iwan W Morgan; Philip Davies; University of London Institute for the Study of the Americas; David and Mary Eccles Centre for American Studies is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Barack Obama's Election As President In 2008 Generated Widespread Hope That The United States Was Entering A New Era Whereby Government, In A Reversal Of Ronald Reagan's Famous Dictum, Would Be The Solution To The Nation's Manifold Problems Amid The Worst Economic Downturn Since The Great Depression. The Obama Election Slogan Of Yes We Can Seemed To Voice A Hope That New Leadership Would Put Right What Had Gone Wrong With America. Anticipating A New Era Of Government Activism, Some Commentators Read The Death Rites On The Age Of Reagan, The Post-1980 Anti-statist Trend Of American Politics. Within A Short Time, However, Yes We Can Gave Way To No We Can't, As America's Government Became Enmeshed In Gridlock And Political Polarization. Introduction : Broken Government? / Iwan Morgan -- Hail Gridlock? : Hamiltonian Energy, Madisonian Institutions And American Dissensus / Andrew Rudalevige -- What's Wrong With Congress And What Should Be Done About It? / James A. Thurber -- Singularity, Separation And Sharing : Richard Neustadt's Lessons For Politicians And Political Scientists / Nigel Bowles -- Tenure Reform And Presidential Power : The Single Six-year Term Proposal / Niall A. Palmer

Author

Iwan W Morgan; Philip Davies; University of London Institute for the Study of the Americas; David and Mary Eccles Centre for American Studies

Publisher

London: Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, School of Advanced Study

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781908857026

Subjects

History, Political Science, Humanities