Congressional Government

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Congressional Government is a political science book by Woodrow Wilson that critically analyzes the structure and functioning of the United States Congress and its dominance in the American constitutional system.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
political science book ⓘ
academicDiscipline political science ⓘ
argues Congress dominates the American constitutional system ⓘ
the U.S. system resembles a parliamentary system in practice ⓘ
author Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
critiques separation of powers in practice in the United States ⓘ
discusses fragmentation of responsibility in Congress ⓘ
problems of legislative leadership ⓘ
role of public opinion in congressional government ⓘ
examines committee system in Congress ⓘ
legislative oversight of the executive ⓘ
party leadership in Congress ⓘ
relationship between Congress and the President ⓘ
focusesOn dominance of Congress in the American constitutional system ⓘ
functioning of the United States Congress ⓘ
structure of the United States Congress ⓘ
genre political science ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
hasEdition multiple later editions and reprints ⓘ
hasForm extended essay ⓘ
hasFormat print ⓘ
hasPerspective critical analysis of congressional dominance ⓘ
hasReception considered a classic in American political science ⓘ
hasTheme institutional imbalance among branches of government ⓘ
need for constitutional and institutional reform ⓘ
tension between constitutional theory and political practice ⓘ
historicalContext Gilded Age politics in the United States ⓘ
influenced Woodrow Wilson’s later views on constitutional reform ⓘ
scholarship on American government ⓘ
isEarlyWorkOf Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject American constitutional system ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
notableFor early contribution to American political science literature ⓘ
systematic critique of congressional government in the U.S. ⓘ
placeOfPublication Boston ⓘ
New York ⓘ
publicationYear 1885 ⓘ
publisher Houghton Mifflin ⓘ
relatedWorkOfAuthor Constitutional Government in the United States ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed late 19th-century United States politics ⓘ
usedAs text in courses on American government ⓘ

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