Congressional Government

副标题: A Study in American Politics (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science)

ISBN: 9780486447353

出版社: Dover Publications

出版年: 2006-01-19

页数: 222

定价: USD 12.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

This remarkable work of scholarship addresses the difficulties inherent in the American Constitution's separation of legislative and executive powers. Woodrow Wilson's first book, it contains the essence of the future president's political reasoning. Wilson argues that in the years following the Civil War, the legislature received unfair advantages from the system of checks and balances, threatening the effectiveness of the constitutionally mandated separation of powers. The British parliamentary system, he counters, offers ideal examples of openness and responsibility. Remarkably vital more than a century after its initial publication, Congressional Government remains essential to discussions of the balance of power within the US government. Introduction by Walter Lippmann.