Broken Contract?
Subtitle: Changing Relationships Between Americans and Their Government (Transforming American Politics)
Contributors: Stephen C. Craig (Editor); Lawrence C. Dodd (Editor)
Edition: Reissue edition
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: December 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780813322636
Subjects: Political science & theory; Politics / Current Events; Political culture; Social Science; United States; Sociology; USA; Politics and government; Anthropology - Cultural; Government - U.S. Government; Political Science-Government - U.S. Government; Public opinion; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Legitimacy of governments; Political participation
First sentence: On January 20, 1993, with Bill Clinton sworn in as our forty-second president and the Democrats assuming control of both elected branches of government, it seemed possible to believe that the era of gridlock was over and that maybe-just maybe-Washington's political class would respond to the message of urgency and concern sent by voters when they cast their ballots two-and-a-half months earlier.