Congress as Public Enemy - Public Attitudes toward American Political Institutions (Paperback, New)

This timely book describes and explains the American people's alleged hatred of their own branch of government, the US Congress. Intensive focus group sessions held across the country and a specially designed national survey indicate that much of the negativity is generated by popular perceptions of the processes of governing visible in Congress. John Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse argue that, although the public is deeply disturbed by debate, compromise, delicate pace, the presence of interest groups, and the professionalization of politics, many of these traits are actually endemic to modern democratic government. Congress is an enemy of the public partially because it is so public. Calls for reform, such as term limitations, reflect the public's desire to attack these disliked features. But the authors conclude, the public's unwitting desire to reform democracy out of a democratic legislature is a cure more dangerous than the disease.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology
Release date:	September 1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	John R. Hibbing • Elizabeth Theiss-Morse
Dimensions:	227 x 153 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	208
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-48336-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Political control & influence > Public opinion & polls
LSN:	0-521-48336-0
Barcode:	9780521483360

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