num_pages: 704
description: Taking as an example the Clinton health care reform initiative, the authors show how a policy that aimed to please everyone ended by satisfying no one due to pressure groups, political gamesmanship and the inertia of the American 'system'.
language: English
title: The System: The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point
titlecomplete: The System: The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point
genres: History, Politics, The United States Of America, Health Care, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 142
publisher: Back Bay Books