 | Changing Cultures in Congress: From Fair Play to Power Plays Subjects: United States. Congress. House -- Rules and practice; United States. Congress. House -- Elections; Parliamentary practice -- United States; The United States Congress has been described as dysfunctional, gridlocked, polarized, hyperpartisan, chaotic, and do-nothing. In Changing Cultures in Congress, Donald R. Wolfensberger explains the institutional dynamics behind Congress's devolution to a body plagued by a win-at-any-cost mentality and a culture of perpetual campaigning. Wolfensberger Donald R. : Donald R. Wolfensberger is director of the Congress Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is the author of Congress and the People: Deliberative Democracy on Trial ( Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000).Donald R. Wolfensberger, a fellow at both the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Bipartisan Policy Center, is the author of Congress and the People: Deliberative Democracy on Trial (2000). He previously directed the Congress Project at the Wilson Center after spending twenty-eight years as a staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives, including as staff director of the House Rules Committee. |
