The imprint of Congress
By: David R. Mayhew
Series: The Henry L. Stimson Lecture Series; Henry L. Stimson lectures, Yale University
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9780300215700
Subjects: Politics and government; Legislators; Legislative power; United States; United States. Congress; History
Description: "What kind of job has America's routinely disparaged legislative body actually done? In [this book, the author gives] historical analysis of the U.S. Congress's performance from the late eighteenth century to today, exploring what its lasting imprint has been on American politics and society. Mayhew suggests that Congress has balanced the presidency in a surprising variety of ways, and in doing so, it has contributed to the legitimacy of a governing system faced by an often fractious public."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-156) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Impulses and imprints; title: Building a state and a nation; title: Surges and their constraints; title: Depression and the welfare state; title: After World War II; title: The climate and the debt; title: Legitimacy, messiness, and reflections.