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Edition
Second edition.
Description
xxviii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface to second edition -- Introduction -- A new theory of Senate decision-making -- Decentralized patterns of Senate decision-making -- Centralized patterns of Senate decision-making -- Passing controversial legislation in the Senate -- Raising the federal debt ceiling -- The death of deliberation? -- Senate decision making since 2013 -- Gridlock and the paradox of inaction -- Gridlock and the politics of effort -- A new public philosophy for the resurrection of deliberation and leglislation.
Summary
The first edition of The Death of Deliberation revealed how the Senate legislates in a contentious environment. Yet it has been unable to legislate in recent years. Since 2013, the Senate has become more dysfunctional and gridlock has increased. The 115th Congress was one of the least productive two-year stretches in the Senate's history. This second edition of The Death of Deliberation accounts for this dramatic turn of events.-- Publisher description.