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“Schickler offers some of the best analytical work that we have on the institution. He shows that to understand Congress you can’t just look at political moment. Disjointed Pluralism looks at different periods of congressional reform—such as the early 20th century, and the 1970s—and shows that during periods of reform, we usually don’t get rid of the system that came before. Reforms are layered on top of other reforms. We keep building and bandaging the system.” Read more...
Julian E. Zelizer, Historian
