System, The: (UK ONLY)

by HaynesJohnson (Author), David S . Broder (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  1998

  $40.03

  The authors of this text seek to show in detail how the system has corrupted America's political institutions. They take as an example the Clinton healthcare reform initiative - the most ambitious call for US government action since the 1960s. Granted access to meetings by Bill and Hillary Clinton, Senators Bob Dole, Edward Kennedy and Newt Gingrich amongst others, the authors use the proceedings and the healthcare plan to provide a blow-by-blow account of the destruction of a policy which sought to please everyone and ended by satisfying no-one. They argue this was due to interstate pressure groups, party political bickering, political gamesmanship and the sheer inertia of the American system .

• Used

  Hardcover
  1996

  $4.38

  This text shows in detail how The System has corrupted America's political institutions. It takes as an example the Clinton health care initiative - the most ambitious call for US government action since the 1960s. Granted access to closed-door meetings by Bill and Hillary Clinton, Senators Bob Dole, Edward Kennedy and Newt Gingrich amongst others, and using these meetings and the health care plan, the authors give a blow-by-blow destruction of a policy that aimed to please everyone and ended by satisfying no-one due to special interest pressure groups, party political bickering, political gamesmanship and the sheer inertia of the American system .