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- Book Title
- Fight Club Politics : How Partisanship Is Poisoning the House of Representatives
- Publication Name
- Fight Club Politics
- Title
- Fight Club Politics
- Subtitle
- How Partisanship is Poisoning the U.S. House of Representatives
- Format
- Perfect
- ISBN-10
- 0742551199
- EAN
- 9780742551190
- ISBN
- 9780742551190
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
- Genre
- Political Science
- Release Year
- 2007
- Release Date
- 29/03/2007
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 9 Oz
- Series
- Hoover Studies in Politics, Economics, and Society
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Topic
- American Government / Legislative Branch, Political Process / Political Parties, American Government / National
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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The function of the U.S. House of Representatives is to serve as the body of government closest to ordinary citizens, reflecting their needs and desires. Yet, over the past decade, the House's drift from its roots has given rise to Republicans' ability to capture control of the chamber from a 40-year Democratic rule. Factors including House rules that have curtailed dissent and more powerful party leaders perpetuate this national divide This book shows how average Americans have little say over what happens in the House, and what can be done about it.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0742551199
ISBN-13
9780742551190
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57564492
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fight Club Politics : How Partisanship Is Poisoning the House of Representatives
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
American Government / Legislative Branch, Political Process / Political Parties, American Government / National
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Political Science
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
9 Oz
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Today's House of Representatives is a more brittle, rigid and combative institution than anything earlier generations could have imagined--or the Founding Fathers desired. Juliet Eilperin, who knows the place well, tells what has transformed it--and what the costs and consequences have been. You'll understand the House much better when you see it through her eyes., ... a terrific book. I have not seen a more cogent explanation of the current problems facing the so-called Peoples' Branch., Fight Club Politics is a nice complement to much of the academic work in recent years on the causes of declining electoral competition and increasing party polarization and the effects of these changes on the U.S. House. The book is a kind of ethnography of the transformations in the House over recent years, with accounts from many insiders and viewed through the lens of a journalist who has covered the House for many years. I happily recommend it., In her years reporting on the House, Eilperin discovered many of [Congress's] dysfunctions, maladies that she describes accurately and admirably., Today's House of Representatives is a more brittle, rigid and combative institution than anything earlier generations could have imagined "or the Founding Fathers desired. Juliet Eilperin, who knows the place well, tells what has transformed it "and what the costs and consequences have been. You'll understand the House much better when you see it through her eyes., If you hate the left-right rancor of American politics, this book compellingly tells you how it came about--and what it will take torecreate a civil House of Representatives dedicated to solving America's problems., Eilperin adds to our understanding of Congress, and as a short history of the House Fight Club Politics should be required reading for political-science students, news editors and reporters, as well as [political] junkies., Partisanship and incivility are hardly novel phenomena in American politics. The new ingredient seems to be ideological polarization. Among politicans, there are fewer and fewer conservative Democrats or liberal Republicans, and "centrists" are a disappearing breed. In Fight Club Politics, Juliet Eilperin investigates the relationship between polarization, partisanship, and incivility in contemporary politics and explores its consequences for the day to day workings of the House of Representatives. Neither Democrats nor Republicans will agree with everything she says on controversial questions such as redistricting, but anyone who reads the book carefully will find in it important insights as well as provocative suggestions for restoring civility in "the people's House.", The Washington Post embedded Juliet Eilperin on Capitol Hill for the embattled first years of the on-going Republican so-called revolution. Fight Club Politics is a distillation of her dispatches from the trenches of the House of Representatives, giving many gruesome details about who did what to whom. Readers can learn here why Congressional politics these days is not for sissies, and only occasionally for the minimally civil., In this lucidly written and thoroughly researched first book, Washington Post reporter and D.C. native Eilperin posits that, beginning with Newt Gingrich's nomination as House Speaker in 1994, war-like tactics, manipulation and strategic takeovers have replaced compromise within the House of Representatives, consequently polarizing America's two major parties and leaving the views of its ordinary citizens underrepresented. Eilperin portrays Gingrich as an intimidating, conflicted and sometimes disturbing figure who consolidated Republican power early in his tenure, strong-arming committee chairmen and even soliciting political advice from friend Joe Paterno, the Penn State football coach. To maintain control, the Republican leadership uses loopholes in the system, such as introducing bills so late that representatives don't have time to review them before voting. And the Democrats are shown responding in kind, sticking with their own and ranting bitterly about the Republican House majority. Eilperin's years of experience as a House reporter show in her well-chosen and insightful quotations from lawmakers and commentators, her buoyant prose and the wide scope of her argument. Her portrayal of the fallen House is utterly convincing, but Eilperin ends hopefully, with a look toward what's necessary to restore balance. This exemplary volume is a good bet for anyone wanting an insider's view of America's corridors of power., It would be difficult to be more fair and balanced than Eilperin has been. . . . While she finds both Republicans and Democrats at fault for the current state of affairs, her journalistic analysis of the 'dysfunctional' House hold Republicans responsible, in particular, for failing to honor their promises.
Table of Content
Chapter 1 Introduction: Revolution and Redistricting Chapter 2 1. Revamping the House of Representatives Chapter 3 2. Tearing Washington's Social Fabric Apart Chapter 4 3. Legislating without a Partnership Chapter 5 4. House Centrists Disappear Chapter 6 5. Reshaping America's Political Map Chapter 7 6. The Road to Redistricting Reform Chapter 8 7. How to Restore Civility to the House Chapter 9 Appendix A: Key Congressional Players Chapter 10 Appendix B: Congressional Speeches
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