Deadlock or Decision: The U.S. Senate and the Rise of National Politicsa Twentieth Century Fund Book

by Fred R. Harris

Book Overview

In this lively and compelling text, political scientist and former U.S. Senator Fred R. Harris offers a penetrating examination of the development of the U.S. Senate from its earliest days, with particular emphasis on its post-war transformation from a close-knit, deliberative body revered as the "Citadel of Democracy" under the firm leadership of Lyndon Baines Johnson, to its current status as an institution whose members are so independent and outward-looking,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195080262
• ISBN13: 9780195080261
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"