Beyond Gridlock?: Prospects for Governance in the Clinton Years and After - Softcover

James L. Sundquist

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815782314 ISBN 13: 9780815782315

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press, 1993

Synopsis

For only the second time in close to a quarter century, the U.S. executive and legislative branches are in the hands of the same political party. Will this end governmental gridlock? Or will we discover that the problems of our political system run deeper than party labels?

The contributors to this book examine the prospects for unified government during the Clinton presidency and, looking to the future, discuss possibilities for structural reform —in the political parties, in campaigning, in the Congress, and through amendments to the Constitution. The book draws on papers and comments presented at a "Government in Gridlock" conference cosponsored by Brookings and the Committee on the Constitutional System shortly after the inauguration of President Clinton.

The contributors —present and former members of Congress and officials of the executive branch, Washington journalists, public opinion analysts, and political scientists —are Howard Baker, James MacGregor Burns, Lloyd Cutler, Thomas Downey, Ken Duberstein, David Gergen, Celinda Lake, Rep. Jim Leach, Thomas Mann, Andrea Mitchell, Tom Oliphant, Howard Paster, Jody Powell, Cokie Roberts, Donald Robinson, Warren Rudman, Barbara Sinclair, Hedrick Smith, and Steven Smith.

About this title

Synopsis:

This text draws on papers and comments presented, shortly after the inauguration of President Clinton, at a "Government in Gridlock" conference co-sponsored by Brookings and the committee in the Constitutional System. The contributors are present and former members of Congress and officials of the executive branch, Washington journalists, public opinion analysts, and political scientists. They discuss the possibilities for ending governmental gridlock now that the US executive and legislative branches are in the hands of the same political party for only the second time in close to a quarter century.

From the Back Cover:

In 'Beyond Gridlock?, ' the contributors examine the prospects for unified government during the Clinton presidency and, looking to the future, discuss possibilities for structural reform--in the political parties, in campaigning, in the Congress, and through amendments to the Constitution.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0815782314
• ISBN 13: 9780815782315
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92