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Can the Government Govern?

Can the Government Govern?

Chubb, John E.
Peterson, Paul E.

Paperback

General Political ScienceUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 0815714076
ISBN13: 9780815714071
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: Jan 1 1989
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.97 Width: 6.12 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Effective government requires that institutions be strong enough to control the efforts of organized, entrenched special interests in favor of the broader interests shared but poorly articulated by most members of society. Recent changes in our institutions and in the problems they face raise doubts about the capacity of contemporary American government to handle these parochial forces. Congress has seemingly become more fragmented, the presidency more politicized, and the bureaucracy more labyrinthine. After a decade or more of trying, our institutions have not mastered a variety of problems--the budget deficit, the trade imbalance, and energy insecurity--that threaten society's general interest in an economic future as bright as its past.

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