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050	0	0	_aJK275 _b.M27 2016
082	1		_a320.973 MAN _2
100	1		_aMann, Thomas E.
245	1	0	_aIt's even worse than it looks : _bhow the American constitutional system collided with the new politics of extremism _c/ Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein.
246	3	4	_aIt's even worse than it was
250			_aNew and expanded edition.
260			_aNew York _b: Basic Books _c, 2016
300			_a247 p. _c; 21 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographic references and index.
505	0	0	_aPreface to the 2016 paperback edition -- Introduction -- The problem. The new politics of hostage taking ; The seeds of dysfunction ; Beyond the debt ceiling fiasco -- What to do about it. Bromides to avoid ; Fixing the party system ; Reforming U.S. political institutions ; Navigating the current system -- Afterword to the 2016 paperback edition.
520	3		_aHyperpartisanship has gridlocked the American government. Congress's approval ratings are at record lows, and both Democrats and Republicans are disgusted by the government's inability to get anything done. In It's Even Worse than It Looks, Congressional scholars Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein present a grim picture of how party polarization and tribal politics have led Congress - and the United States - to the brink of institutional failure. In this revised edition, the authors bring their seminal book up-to-date in a political environment that is more divided than ever. The underlying dynamics of the situation - extremist Republicans holding government hostage to their own ideological, anti-government beliefs - have only gotten worse, further bolstering their argument that Republicans are not merely ideologically different from Democrats, but engaged in a unique form of politics that undermines the system itself. Without a fundamental change in the character and course of the Republican Party, we may have a long way to go before we hit rock bottom.
546			_aEnglish.
651		4	_aUnited States _x-Politics and government _y-21st century.
700	1		_aOrnstein, Norman J.
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