Project Gutenberg 2011-04-13 Public domain in the USA. 223 Wilson, Woodrow 1856 1924 United States President (1913-1921) Wilson, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, T. W. (Thomas Woodrow) 06014841 Congressional government : $b a study in American politics Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Congresional Government: A Study in American Politics" by Woodrow Wilson is an academic publication written in the late 19th century. The work examines the distinctive characteristics of the federal system in the United States, focusing particularly on the centrality of Congress and how its structure and functions differ from other governing bodies around the world. Wilson intends to highlight the peculiarities of American Congressional governance, shedding light on its historical development and its practical implications. The opening of the text serves as a preface where Wilson reflects on the evolution of the United States' governmental structure since the Constitution's adoption. He emphasizes that while the Constitution was intended to establish a system of checks and balances, in practice, Congress has become the predominant force in American governance, often overshadowing the executive branch. Wilson notes the challenges in fully understanding the functioning of Congress due to its complex committee system, which often leads to a considerable amount of business being managed behind closed doors, limiting public insight. He argues for a critical assessment of the congressional system, exploring how it has deviated from its original design and what that means for the future of American politics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/35861/35861-h/images/cover.jpg en United States -- Politics and government United States. Congress Executive power -- United States JK Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 599646 599729 2024-09-15T08:54:27.477871 2023-09-15T14:09:45.680680 text/html text/html 583824 2011-04-13T11:48:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 304232 2011-04-13T11:50:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 313809 2024-09-15T08:54:34.418826 application/epub+zip 321134 2024-09-15T08:54:28.444864 application/epub+zip 274724 2024-09-15T08:54:27.940849 application/epub+zip 501308 2024-09-15T08:54:39.140832 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446835 2024-09-15T08:54:33.898837 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 396963 2022-09-16T12:05:36.561836 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 520840 520734 2024-09-15T08:54:26.604865 2023-09-15T14:09:44.856669 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 520625 2011-04-13T11:48:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 184614 2011-04-13T11:50:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 520616 2011-04-13T11:50:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 184544 2011-04-13T11:50:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20867 2024-09-15T08:54:39.307787 application/rdf+xml 18507 2024-09-15T08:54:28.065870 image/jpeg 1773 2024-09-15T08:54:28.003844 image/jpeg 304055 2024-09-15T08:54:27.530878 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia