The Senate Syndrome: The Evolution of Procedural Warfare in the Modern U.S. Senatevolume 12

With its rock-bottom approval ratings, acrimonious partisan battles, and apparent inability to do its legislative business, the...
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Author: Steven S. Smith
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The Senate Syndrome: The Evolution of Procedural Warfare in the Modern U.S. Senatevolume 12 by Smith, Steven S.

The Senate Syndrome: The Evolution of Procedural Warfare in the Modern U.S. Senatevolume 12

$131.93

The Senate Syndrome: The Evolution of Procedural Warfare in the Modern U.S. Senatevolume 12

$131.93
Author: Steven S. Smith
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
With its rock-bottom approval ratings, acrimonious partisan battles, and apparent inability to do its legislative business, the U.S. Senate might easily be deemed unworthy of attention, if not downright irrelevant. This book tells us that would be a mistake. Because the Senate has become the place where the policy-making process most frequently stalls, any effective resolution to our polarized politics demands a clear understanding of how the formerly august legislative body once worked and how it came to the present crisis. Steven S. Smith provides that understanding in The Senate Syndrome.

Like the Senate itself, Smith's account is grounded in history. Countering a cacophony of inexpert opinion and a widespread misunderstanding of political and legislative history, the book fills in a world of missing information--about debates among senators concerning fundamental democratic processes and the workings of institutional rules, procedures, and norms. And Smith does so in a clear and engaging manner. He puts the present problems of the Senate--the "Senate syndrome," as he calls them--into historical context by explaining how particular ideas and procedures were first framed and how they transformed with the times. Along the way he debunks a number of myths about the Senate, many perpetuated by senators themselves, and makes some pointed observations about the media's coverage of Congress.

The Senate Syndrome goes beyond explaining such seeming technicalities as the difference between regular filibusters and post-cloture filibusters, the importance of chair rulings, the changing role of the parliamentarian, and the debate over whether appeals of points of order should be subject to cloture margins, to show why understanding them matters. At stake is resolution of the Senate syndrome, and the critical underlying struggle between majority rule and minority rights in American policy making.

Author: Steven S. Smith
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 03/20/2014
Pages: 424
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780806144399


Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2014 pg. 536

About the Author
Smith, Steven S.: - Steven S. Smith is the Kate M. Gregg Distinguished Professor of Social Science and Director of the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author or coauthor of numerous articles and books, including Party Influence in Congress and The American Congress, Eighth Edition.

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