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University of Virginia Press The Senate: From White Supremacy to Governmental Gridlock (Constitutionalism and Democracy)

Name: The Senate: From White Supremacy to Governmental Gridlock (Constitutionalism and Democracy)
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In this lively analysis, Daniel Wirls examines the Senate in relation to our other institutions of government and the constitutional system as a whole, exposing the role of the "world's greatest deliberative body" in maintaining white supremacy in America and undermining effective government, from slavery in the nineteenth century to the contemporary underrepresentation of minorities.From the founding onward, the Senate constructed for itself an exceptional role in the American system of government that has no firm basis in the Constitution. This self-proclaimed exceptional status is part and parcel of the Senate's problematic role in the governmental process over the past two centuries, a role shaped primarily by the combination of equal representation among states and the filibuster. As Wirls explains, the Senate's architecture, self-conception, and resulting behavior distort rather than complement democratic governance and explain the current gridlock in Washington, D.C. Review Wirls takes a hard look at the Senate, past and present. Steeped in deep institutional knowledge, he analyzes how the Senate's small size, base of apportionment, and rules of procedure distort congressional representation--particularly around issues of race--and bias national government toward policy deadlock. Wirls exposes institutional myths and challenges readers to rethink and reform the Senate's role in the American constitutional system. --Frances Lee, Princeton University, author of Insecure Majorities: Congress and the Perpetual CampaignThought-provoking and well-researched, this chronicle of the Senate's shortcomings is a stark assessment of the chamber as a bastion of support for white supremacy. Wirls tells an effective story of how an institution that has been highly touted, particularly by those occupying it, is really an impediment to effective democracy, and he makes a cogent case for reform. --David J. Siemers, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, author of The Myth of Coequal Branches: Restoring the Constitution's Separation of Functions About the Author Daniel Wirls is Professor of Politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and author, with Stephen Wirls, of The Invention of the United States Senate.

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Brand: University of Virginia Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0813946891
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Americas > United States > 20th Century
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 30 September 2021
Listed Since: 02 April 2021

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