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Learning to Govern - An Institutional View of the 104th Congress (Paperback)
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Learning to Govern - An Institutional View of the 104th Congress (Paperback)
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Loot Price R441
Discovery Miles 4 410
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The elections of 1994 produced the first Republican-controlled
Congress in 40 years. What effect did being the minority party for
so long have on the activities of the new House of Representatives'
majority? In this book, Richard Fenno makes the case that four
decades out of power left Republicans without the experience they
needed to properly interpret their electoral victory... or govern
the country.This inexperience produced serious consequences for the
party and the American political system, including the
confrontational leadership of Newt Gingrich, the deterioration of
cross-party civility, the general support for term limits, and an
accelerated loss of public confidence in Congress. And there was
more. Although all the evidence pointed to voters' repudiation of
the Democrats, the Republicans saw their victory as a mandate for
wholesale change a Republican Revolution. Instead of trying to make
careful, incremental changes, their inexperience and aggressive
""let's get it all, and let's get it now"" tactics cost them their
golden opportunity and cleared the way for the reelection of
President Clinton. This book provides a timely focus on the
attitudes and agendas of the inexperienced Republican freshman
class and its contribution to the problem-plagued attempts to use
the election campaign Contract with America as a blueprint for
governing.
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