Download or read book A Republic Divided written by Annenberg Democracy Project and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Structured as a collection of essays by some of the nation's leading political scientists and scholars of public policy, this volume addresses the major problems facing the five core institutions of America democracy: the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the federal government, and two nongovernmental institution that are crucial to democray because they shape the knowledge and understanding of the citizenry--the press and the public schools"--Book jacket.