Congress and the Presidency: Institutional Politics in a Separated System
- ISBN-10
- 0719038847
- ISBN-13
- 9780719038846
- Series
- Congress and the Presidency
- Category
- Presidents
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Authors
- Michael Foley, John E. Owens
Description
. The authors emphasise the dynamism of America's foremost political institutions within a democratic system. They examine recent developments in relation to the wider context of United States politics and reassert the importance of institutions in understanding this unique political system.
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