Broken government : how Republican rule destroyed the legislative, executive, and judicial branches / John W. Dean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dean, John W. (John Wesley), 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

United States.

Politics and government.

Public administration--United States.

Public administration.

Federal government--United States.

Federal government.

Conservatism--United States.

Conservatism.

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).

Physical Description:

xviii, 332 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2007.

Summary:

Former White House counsel John Dean has become one of the most trenchant and respected commentators on the current state of American politics. Here he takes the broadest and deepest view yet of the dysfunctional chaos and institutional damage that the Republican Party and its core conservatives have inflicted on the federal government. He assesses the state of all three branches of government, tracing their decline through the presidencies of Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II. Unlike most political commentary, which is concerned with policy, Dean looks instead at process--making the case that the 2008 presidential race must confront these fundamental problems as well.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Introduction: Process matters

First branch : broken but under repair

Second branch : broken and in need of repair

Third branch : toward the breaking point

Repairing government : restoring proper processes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780670018208

0670018201

OCLC:

144570820