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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1538105829
ISBN-13
9781538105825
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237593625
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Book Title
Broken : Can the Senate Save Itself and the Country?
Number of Pages
322 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
American Government / Legislative Branch, American Government / General
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Yes
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Political Science
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Hardcover
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1.1 in
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17.8 Oz
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9.3 in
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6.3 in
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2017-041440
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This book provides an overview of the development, or decline, of the Senate from the 1950s to the present, highlighting current issues between the Senate and President Trump. The institutional problems mark a devolution from the Senate's golden age of influence and bipartisanship in the 1960s and 70s. Blame for this degeneration is placed on the deterioration of American politics, political culture, and American government in general. . . decline is pegged as coinciding with Republican resurgence in the institution. The book looks first at Mitch McConnell's leadership in the Trump-era Senate, and then moves chronologically through Senate history from the Kefauver hearings of the early 1950s into the first year of Trump's presidency. Senate decline begins with Ronald Reagan's election as president and the Republicans' "shattering" of the existing order by taking the Senate majority for the first time in 25 years. The review of Senate's activities from the 1980s provides some excellent snapshots of critical events affecting the body and are the strength of the book. It concludes with some suggestions for reordering the Senate to recover its lost prestige. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals., Ira Shapiro's seminal book The Last Great Senate reflected both his deep knowledge and his love of the Senate of Mansfield, Dirksen, Kennedy, Baker and Byrd. Broken reflects Shapiro's deep dismay and anger at what has befallen that Senate. By chronicling the dysfunction of contemporary American politics through the prism of the Senate and its role, Shapiro has given us important insights into what went wrong and why, and a roadmap to fix at least one vital part of a system gone awry. His book is particularly timely at a moment when the Senate faces the challenges posed by a radical and dangerous president., "Shapiro (The Last Great Senate), a former trade negotiator for the Clinton administration, examines headline-making political battles dating back to the 1970s in this engrossing overview of the Senate's decline into what he characterizes as hyperpartisanship. In talking about the obstruction tactics that he says have eroded public trust in a formerly respected and reliably bipartisan institution, the author takes the impassioned tone of an anguished parent watching his beloved children fail to live up to their potential. Part one focuses on the implementation of obstructionist tactics that are now firmly entrenched and wielded with ferocity. Shapiro sees them originating with the New Right ideologues who came to power with Reagan, and reaching a nadir under Senate Majority Leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell, who cared more about "partisan warfare" than the "health of the institution." Part two looks at Trump's first months in office, and though the assessment is bleak, it's never hopeless. Although "procedural frailty" in Senate rules has led to a state of gridlock, the Senate could fix itself, Shapiro writes, as one of its major strengths is its agility: "Bipartisan action can happen in swift and surprising terms." Written to inform and to exhort, Shapiro's work is a fast-paced narrative that moderates will appreciate." (Jan.), While our country, and the world, is understandably focused on the unprecedented and reckless nature of the Trump presidency, Ira Shapiro's narrative history takes a wider lens to describe how dysfunction in the Senate helped open the door to Donald Trump in the first place. His unflinching account is a call for the Senate to rise above partisanship rather than succumb to it. The book reminds us that Congress must provide the ultimate check against one-man rule, as our founders intended., [A]n important new volume on the contemporary Senate, flaws and all -- and in fact the sad story is that the flaws have become the defining characteristics of the chamber., This book provides an overview of the development, or decline, of the Senate from the 1950s to the present, highlighting current issues between the Senate and President Trump. The institutional problems mark a devolution from the Senate's golden age of influence and bipartisanship in the 1960s and 70s. Blame for this degeneration is placed on the deterioration of American politics, political culture, and American government in general. . . decline is pegged as coinciding with Republican resurgence in the institution. The book looks first at Mitch McConnell's leadership in the Trump-era Senate, and then moves chronologically through Senate history from the Kefauver hearings of the early 1950s into the first year of Trump's presidency. Senate decline begins with Ronald Reagan's election as president and the Republicans' "shattering" of the existing order by taking the Senate majority for the first time in 25 years. The review of Senate's activities from the 1980s provides some excellent snapshots of critical events affecting the body and are the strength of the book. It concludes with some suggestions for reordering the Senate to recover its lost prestige.Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals., Ira Shapiro has written a riveting, unsparing description of the Senate's long decline and a frank assessment of its performance during the first year of the Trump presidency. His book reminds us that the Senate has the power, the special responsibility, and the potential to rise above the partisan wars. The question facing today's Senate is can it and will it act to reclaim its proud history., [T]he Senate is unlikely to live up to its potential as a deliberative body anytime soon. But in Broken, Ira Shapiro makes a compelling and persuasive case that we should never stop demanding that it does., Shapiro (The Last Great Senate), a former trade negotiator for the Clinton administration, examines headline-making political battles dating back to the 1970s in this engrossing overview of the Senate's decline into what he characterizes as hyperpartisanship. In talking about the obstruction tactics that he says have eroded public trust in a formerly respected and reliably bipartisan institution, the author takes the impassioned tone of an anguished parent watching his beloved children fail to live up to their potential. Part one focuses on the implementation of obstructionist tactics that are now firmly entrenched and wielded with ferocity. Shapiro sees them originating with the New Right ideologues who came to power with Reagan, and reaching a nadir under Senate Majority Leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell, who cared more about "partisan warfare" than the "health of the institution." Part two looks at Trump's first months in office, and though the assessment is bleak, it's never hopeless. Although "procedural frailty" in Senate rules has led to a state of gridlock, the Senate could fix itself, Shapiro writes, as one of its major strengths is its agility: "Bipartisan action can happen in swift and surprising terms." Written to inform and to exhort, Shapiro's work is a fast-paced narrative that moderates will appreciate. (Jan.), Broken is a worthy sequel to Ira Shapiro's wonderful first book, The Last Great Senate, which captured the work of the upper chamber during the Carter presidency. Here Shapiro skillfully describes the decline of the upper chamber from then to now by focusing on many of the central episodes and the senators who played pivotal roles. Shapiro's deep knowledge of, experience with, and love for, the Senate makes this a rewarding read for college courses as well for those interested in the future of American democracy.
Table Of Content
Introduction Chapter 1: McConnell's Power Play Chapter 2: In the Shadow of Mansfield's Great Senate Chapter 3: From Baker and Dole to Gingrich and Lott Chapter 4: Bipartisanship Tried, Lost and Found Chapter 5: Mitch McConnell's Senate Chapter 6: McConnell and Schumer Face President Trump Chapter 7: The Confirmation Process Chapter 8: The Gorsuch Nomination: When No Compromise is Possible Chapter 9: Investigating the Russian Connection Chapter 10: In Sickness and in Health Chapter 11: Immigration and Border Security Chapter 12: Moderating Economic Nationalism Chapter 13: Climate Change Denial Chapter 14: Reconceiving the Senate A Note on Sources
Synopsis
In Broken, Ira Shapiro, a former senior Senate staffer and author of the critically-acclaimed book The Last Great Senate, offers an expert's account of some of the most prominent battles of the past decade and lays out what must be done to restore the Senate's lost luster., While the hyper-partisanship in Washington that has stunned the world has been building for decades, Ira Shapiro argues that the U.S. Senate has suffered most acutely from the loss of its political center. In Broken, Ira Shapiro, a former senior Senate staffer and author of the critically-acclaimed book The Last Great Senate, offers an expert's account of some of the most prominent battles of the past decade and lays out what must be done to restore the Senate's lost luster. Shapiro places the Senate at "ground zero for America's political dysfunction"--the institution that has failed the longest and the worst. Because the Senate, at its best, represented the special place where the Democrats and Republicans worked together to transcend ideological and regional differences and find common ground, its decline has intensified the nation's polarization, by institutionalizing it at the highest level. Shapiro documents this decline and evaluates the prospects of restoration that could provide a way out of the polarized morass that has engulfed Congress. With a narrative that runs right through the first year of the Trump presidency, Broken will be essential reading for all concerned about the state of American politics and the future of our country.
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