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The case for gridlock

by Marcus E. Ethridge

LobbyingConstitutional historyPressure groupsProgressivism (United States politics)Administrative agenciesConstitutional history, united states

This book explains how Progressive ideas about government have led to severe representational problems in the American political system. It explores the faulty logic and naïve thinking of the Progressive perspective, revealing the uncertainties and anomalies in legal doctrine that have emerged as a result of their effort to graft "efficient" designs onto the gridlock-prone system that James Madison and the other Framers left us.

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Book data: Open Library