Senate: From White Supremacy to Governmental Gridlock

In this lively analysis, Daniel Wirls examines the Senate in relation to our other institutions of government...
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Senate: From White Supremacy to Governmental Gridlock by Wirls, Daniel

Senate: From White Supremacy to Governmental Gridlock

€81,18

Senate: From White Supremacy to Governmental Gridlock

€81,18
Author: Daniel Wirls
Format: Paperback
Language: English

In this lively analysis, Daniel Wirls examines the Senate in relation to our other institutions of government and the constitutional system as a whole, exposing the role of the "world's greatest deliberative body" in maintaining white supremacy in America and undermining effective government, from slavery in the nineteenth century to the contemporary underrepresentation of minorities.

From the founding onward, the Senate constructed for itself an exceptional role in the American system of government that has no firm basis in the Constitution. This self-proclaimed exceptional status is part and parcel of the Senate's problematic role in the governmental process over the past two centuries, a role shaped primarily by the combination of equal representation among states and the filibuster. As Wirls explains, the Senate's architecture, self-conception, and resulting behavior distort rather than complement democratic governance and explain the current gridlock in Washington, D.C.



Author: Daniel Wirls
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 09/23/2021
Pages: 278
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780813946900

About the Author

Daniel Wirls is Professor of Politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and author, with Stephen Wirls, of The Invention of the United States Senate.


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