The Power Game (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Hedrick Smith
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Politics
- Genres: Nonfiction, Politics, Current affairs
- Subjects: 1970’s, United States or Americans, Politics, 1980’s, Political science, Politicians, Government, Legislative bodies, Congresses or conventions
- Locales: United States, Washington, D.C.
High school civics teaches how the United States government is supposed to work; Hedrick Smith provides a lesson in how it does work. He contends in his introduction that “the political transformations of the past fifteen years have rewritten the rules of the game.” THE POWER GAME dissects the growing influence of political action committees (PACs), the increasing difficulty of forming coalitions in Congress, the rise in “media politics,” and the power of staff--both in Congress and the White House--to show today’s process of governing.
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