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- catalog abstract ""Thirty years after the "Watergate Babies" promised to end corruption in Washington, Julian Zelizer offers the first major history of the demise of the committee-era Congress and the rise of the contemporary legislative branch. Based on research in more than a hundred archival collections, this book tackles one of the most enduring political challenges in America: barring a wholesale revolution, how can we improve our representative democracy so as best to fulfill the promises of the Constitution? Whereas popular accounts suggest that major scandals or legislation can transform government institutions, Zelizer shows that reform is messy, slow, and involves many institutions coming together at the right time. The short period of reform in the 1970s - one that rivaled the Progressive Era - revolved around a coalition that had worked for decades, a slow reconfiguration of the relationship among political institutions, shifts in the national culture, and the ability of reformers to take advantage of scandals and elections. Zelizer presents a new look at the origins of the partisanship and scandal warfare that characterize today's politics. The book also offers a warning to the next generation of reformers by showing how a new political environment can radically transform the political impact of government reforms, as occurred when the conservative movement - during its rise to power in recent decades - took advantage of reforms that had ended the committee era."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13222837.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 20th century.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Thirty years after the "Watergate Babies" promised to end corruption in Washington, Julian Zelizer offers the first major history of the demise of the committee-era Congress and the rise of the contemporary legislative branch. Based on research in more than a hundred archival collections, this book tackles one of the most enduring political challenges in America: barring a wholesale revolution, how can we improve our representative democracy so as best to fulfill the promises of the Constitution? Whereas popular accounts suggest that major scandals or legislation can transform government institutions, Zelizer shows that reform is messy, slow, and involves many institutions coming together at the right time.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-345) and index.".
- catalog description "The short period of reform in the 1970s - one that rivaled the Progressive Era - revolved around a coalition that had worked for decades, a slow reconfiguration of the relationship among political institutions, shifts in the national culture, and the ability of reformers to take advantage of scandals and elections. Zelizer presents a new look at the origins of the partisanship and scandal warfare that characterize today's politics. The book also offers a warning to the next generation of reformers by showing how a new political environment can radically transform the political impact of government reforms, as occurred when the conservative movement - during its rise to power in recent decades - took advantage of reforms that had ended the committee era."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Transforming congress -- The southern Gettysburg -- Bob-throwing liberals -- Into the political thicket -- Exposing congress -- A window of opportunity -- Money in politics -- Reforming the future -- Watergate babies -- Scandal without reform -- Congress in the age of cable television -- The contemporary era.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 359 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521801613 (hc)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 20th century.".
- catalog subject "328.73/076 22".
- catalog subject "JK1041 .Z45 2004".
- catalog subject "United States. Congress Reform History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Transforming congress -- The southern Gettysburg -- Bob-throwing liberals -- Into the political thicket -- Exposing congress -- A window of opportunity -- Money in politics -- Reforming the future -- Watergate babies -- Scandal without reform -- Congress in the age of cable television -- The contemporary era.".
- catalog title "On Capitol Hill : the struggle to reform Congress and its consequences, 1948-2000 / Julian E. Zelizer.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".