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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... increasingly evident throughout the world. In Latin America, notably, there are no military governments in power for the first time in the recorded history of the region. For over half a century—a period termed the “democratic peace ...
... increased, but overall participation rates have steadily declined. As a result, smaller segments of the population, with parochial interests, engage in a politics increasingly affected by the technologies of the mass media, computers ...
... increased public alienation from politics. These trends are particularly evidenced in the decline of mass ... increasingly dependent on contributions by the wealthy. Generally agreeing that fuller participation is desirable, the authors ...
... increased participation would increase justice. hirschmann: We need to have multiple sites to think about achieving democracy. You can't just say we've got to go through the institutions of American politics or we have to go through ...
... increasingly separated from geographical place, as evidenced by the development of national interest groups without local affiliates, the separation of voter registration and balloting from local precincts, and the increasing importance ...
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The Practices of American Democratic Institutions | 111 |
Perspectives on the Future of American Democratic Politics | 217 |
Notes | 229 |
Works Cited | 245 |
Index | 271 |
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