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48-1745 JK1 118 2009-51924 CIP Ethridge, Marcus E. The case for gridlock: democracy, organized power, and the legal foundations of American government. Lexington Books, 2010. 223p bibl index afp ISBN 9780739142370, $65.00
In the interest of limiting the power of government, James Madison and the framers of the US Constitution created a system of political institutions notoriously resistant to policy change; it...