Forfatter billede
11+ Works 108 Members 1 Review

Om forfatteren

Includes the name: L. Sundquist James

Værker af James L. Sundquist

Associated Works

Sources: Notable Selections in American Government (1996) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer

Satte nøgleord på

Almen Viden

Medlemmer

Anmeldelser

The 90 year old private Brookings Institution devoted to analyzing public policy issues at the national level was at one time focused on bringing our Constitution into the 21st Century. Nothing happened. Now, with a Government and Press which is dominated by one faction, the nonpartisan Brookings staff is one of the last voices for "public service" that actually understands what that phrase means.
Sundquist saw the "deadlock" between the two major parties as a fundamental "problem". Now, of course, the entire government is controlled by one faction and there is no "deadlock", yet, the Congress is palpably dysfunctional, the President has expressly declared war against civil rights, and the court is over-ruling or cancelling the will of voters. These current problems seem equally "fundamental" and have superceded the 1986 problems identified in this work.
Still, had the work on Constitutional reform taken place in the 1980s, it is possible that we would not be facing the crises we have today.
… (mere)
 
Markeret
keylawk | Sep 22, 2006 |

Hæderspriser

Måske også interessante?

Associated Authors

Statistikker

Værker
11
Also by
1
Medlemmer
108
Popularitet
#179,297
Vurdering
½ 3.4
Anmeldelser
1
ISBN
20

Diagrammer og grafer