City of rivals
Subtitle: restoring the glorious mess of American democracy
By: Jason Grumet, President, Bipartisan Policy Center ; forewords by Senator Tom Daschle and Senator Bob Dole
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780762791583
Subjects: Politics and government; Democracy; United States; United States. Congress; Political parties; Political participation
Description: "The first truly bipartisan book about the partisan gridlock that has paralyzed our government and how the answer lies in channeling and harnessing the partisanship"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction:; title: A tale of two Washingtons --; title: The roots of collaboration --; title: Howling at the moon --; title: Mr. Smith goes overboard --; title: Cracking the monocle --; title: The dark side of sunlight --; title: True laboratories of democracy --; title: Breakfast at signatories --; title: The best and the brightest? -- -- Conclusion:; title: Two hands on the wheel.