02355cam a2200397 a 4500 50557 20230410121024.0 070611s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng 2007023127 (OCoLC)ocn144570820 DLC DLC BAKER BTCTA IK2 NPL YDXCP BUR 9780670018208 0670018201 (OCoLC)144570820 n-us--- JK 275 D281b 2007 973.931 22 Dean, John W. (John Wesley), 1938- Broken government : how Republican rule destroyed the legislative, executive, and judicial branches / John W. Dean. New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2007. xviii, 332 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. United States Politics and government 2001- Public administration United States. Federal government United States. Conservatism United States. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007023127.html Baker & Taylor BKTY 25.95 19.46 0670018201 0007225222 active Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0007225222 YBP Library Services YANK 2562825 lcc bk C0 DRFGD 56366 56366 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 JK 275 D281b 2007 00000052118 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk