In Praise of Deadlock

How Partisan Struggle Makes Better Laws

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Av W. Lee Rawls, W. Lee (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Rawls, W Lee Rawls

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With budget reconciliations, filibusters, and supermajorities making headlines, In Praise of Deadlock explains the legislative process and its checkpoints, while maintaining a noncomformist respect for the hurdles and hang-ups inherent in the American system. As a practitioner who served for 14 years as chief of staff to Senators Bill Frist and Pete Domenici, W. Lee Rawls offers unusual insight into partisan struggle, which he sees as essential to advancing new policy and generating consensus. Such grappling, Rawls concludes, results in a nuanced, durable machine, producing better laws that have benefited from minority input.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-10-05
Mått127 x 191 x 10 mm
Vikt159 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor160
FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN9780801894039

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