TY - BOOK AU - Allen,Thomas H. TI - Dangerous convictions: what's really wrong with the U.S. Congress SN - 9780190252687 (ebook) : AV - JK275 .A55 2013 U1 - 328.73 23 PY - 2013///] CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - United States KW - Congress KW - History KW - 21st century KW - Politics and government KW - 2009- KW - Economic policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - By virtually all measures, polarization in Congress has increased dramatically over the course of the past two decades. Former Democratic Congressman Tom Allen lived through this era, serving six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Drawing from his own experiences in the Congressional trenches, he tackles the root cause of why Democrats and Republicans arrived at a point where they barely speak to each other UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199931989.001.0001 ER -