Congress as Public Enemy: Public Attitudes Toward American Political Institutions

John R. Hibbing, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse

Cambridge University Press, Sep 29, 1995 - Political Science - 186 pages

This timely book describes and explains the American people's alleged hatred of their own branch of government, the U.S. Congress. Focus group sessions held across the country and a specially designed national survey indicate that much of the negativity is generated by popular perceptions of the processes of governing visible in Congress. But Hibbing and Theiss-Morse conclude that the public's unwitting desire to reform democracy out of a democratic legislature is a cure more dangerous than the disease.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Congress as Public Enemy: Public Attitudes Toward American Political Institutions; Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology; Cambridge studies in political psychology and public opinion
• Authors: John R. Hibbing, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995
• ISBN: 0521483360, 9780521483360
• Length: 186 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / American Government / General; Political Science / American Government / Legislative Branch; Political Science / Political Process / General; Social Science / Sociology / General