| Congress as Public Enemy: Public Attitudes Toward American Political Institutions Contributor(s): Hibbing, John R. (Author), Theiss-Morse, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1139174460 ISBN-13: 9781139174466 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $140.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - General - Political Science | American Government - Legislative Branch |
| Dewey: 328.73 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This timely book describes and explains the American people's alleged hatred of their own branch of government, the U.S. Congress. Focus group sessions held across the country and a specially designed national survey indicate that much of the negativity is generated by popular perceptions of the processes of governing visible in Congress. But Hibbing and Theiss-Morse conclude that the public's unwitting desire to reform democracy out of a democratic legislature is a cure more dangerous than the disease. |