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    It's even worse than it looks : how the American constitutional system collided with the new politics of extremism / Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein.

    By: Mann, Thomas E [author.]Contributor(s): Ornstein, Norman J [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2016Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2012Edition: New and expanded editionDescription: xxiv, 247 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780465096206; 0465096204Other title: It's even worse than it was [Cover title]Subject(s): United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century | United States. Congress | United States. Congress -- Reform | Political parties -- United States | Two-party systems -- United States | Political culture -- United States | Divided government -- United States | United States. Congress | Legislative bodies -- Reform | Divided government | Political culture | Political parties | Two-party systems | United States | United States | POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government | POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy | POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties | Politics and government | 2000-2099DDC classification: 320.973 LOC classification: JK275 | .M27 2016
    Contents:
    Preface to the 2016 paperback edition -- The new politics of hostage taking -- The seeds of dysfunction -- Beyond the debt ceiling fiasco -- Bromides to avoid -- Fixing the party system -- Reforming U.S. political institutions -- Navigating the current system -- Afterword to the 2016 paperback edition.
    Summary: Hyperpartisanship has gridlocked the American government. Congress's approval ratings are at record lows, and both Democrats and Republicans are disgusted by the government's inability to get anything done. Congressional scholars Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein present a grim picture of how party polarization and tribal politics have led Congress -- and the United States -- to the brink of institutional failure. In this revised edition, the authors bring their book up-to-date in a political environment that is more divided than ever. The underlying dynamics of the situation -- extremist Republicans holding government hostage to their own ideological, anti-government beliefs -- have only gotten worse, further bolstering their argument that Republicans are not merely ideologically different from Democrats, but engaged in a unique form of politics that undermines the system itself.-- Back cover.
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    On cover, word in title "looks" has line through it and next to it "was."

    Reprint with new preface and afterword of work published: New York : Basic Books, 2012.

    "Preface and Afterword copyright @2016 by Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein."--Title page verso.

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index.

    Preface to the 2016 paperback edition -- The new politics of hostage taking -- The seeds of dysfunction -- Beyond the debt ceiling fiasco -- Bromides to avoid -- Fixing the party system -- Reforming U.S. political institutions -- Navigating the current system -- Afterword to the 2016 paperback edition.

    Hyperpartisanship has gridlocked the American government. Congress's approval ratings are at record lows, and both Democrats and Republicans are disgusted by the government's inability to get anything done. Congressional scholars Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein present a grim picture of how party polarization and tribal politics have led Congress -- and the United States -- to the brink of institutional failure. In this revised edition, the authors bring their book up-to-date in a political environment that is more divided than ever. The underlying dynamics of the situation -- extremist Republicans holding government hostage to their own ideological, anti-government beliefs -- have only gotten worse, further bolstering their argument that Republicans are not merely ideologically different from Democrats, but engaged in a unique form of politics that undermines the system itself.-- Back cover.

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