The Future of American Democratic Politics: Principles and PracticesNancy J. Hirschmann, Wilson McWilliams, Gordon Schochet, Jane Junn, Nelson Polsby, Jennifer Hochschild, John Hansen, Daniel Tichenor, Milton Heumann, Elizabeth Garrett, William Crotty, Alan Rosenthal, Gerald Pomper Rutgers University Press, 2003. gada 21. jūl. - 296 lappuses Even before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, political scientists were assessing changes and continuities in the principles and practices of American democracy. Recent events, including the passage of the U.S. Patriot Act and the current debates about civil liberties versus homeland security, intensify the need to examine the long-term viability of democracy. In this book, fifteen major scholars assess the current state of American democracy, offering a spirited dialogue on the future of democratic politics. Contributors focus on three principles fundamental to democracy—equality, liberty, and participation. They examine these principles within the context of the basic institutions of American democracy: Congress and the state legislatures, the president, political parties, interest groups, and the Supreme Court. They raise questions regarding the checks and balances among formal governmental institutions (with the contributors sharing concern over the fading power of the legislature and the increased power of the executive and judiciary) as well as the role of political parties and interest groups. Topics discussed include: the incomplete mobilization of the electorate, the debates over campaign finance reform and term limits, the Supreme Court’s activist role in the Florida recount, the dangers of teledemocracy and state initiatives, the separation of political participation from residential location, “identity politics,” the clash of "negative" and "positive" liberty, and the prospects for personal freedom in an era of terrorist threats. This timely collection covers the issues relevant to the future of American democracy today not only for lawmakers, students, and historians, but for any concerned citizen. |
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... Madisonian Constitutionalism 11 JENNIFER L. HOCHSCHILD Chapter 2 Equality's Troubles: Madison in Modern America 29 WILSON CAREY MCWILLIAMS Chapter 3 The Majoritarian Impulse and the Declining Significance of Place 39 JOHN MARK HANSEN ...
... Madisonian System DANIEL J. TICHENOR Conclusion: Perspectives on the Future of American Democratic Politics MARC D. WEINER AND GERALD M. POMPER Notes 229 Works Cited 245 Index 271 126 141 161 177 197 217 Contributors LANCE CASSAK is ...
... Madisonian. System. of. Checks. and. Balances. James Madison provides a core reference for these essays. Madison presented the basic framework of American politics in two major papers in The Federalist, no. 10 and no. 51. With the ...
... Madisonian system of checks and balances among the formal institutions. They have particular concern about the position of the legislature, designed as the most democratic branch of American government but now challenged by its rivals ...
... Madisonian system of checks and balances. Daniel Tichenor observes that at the national level the president frequently dominates the panoply of interest groups, and his power is enhanced when foreign policy concerns become predominant ...
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The Practices of American Democratic Institutions | 111 |
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