The future of American democratic politics : principles and practices
Annotation 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 democracyequality, 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 Courts 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
eBook, English, ©2003
Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, ©2003
1 online resource (xii, 279 pages)
9780813535296, 9780813559223, 9781283532969, 0813535298, 0813559227, 1283532964
57709906
Introduction: A dialogue on American democratic politics / Gerald M. Pomper and Marc D. Weiner
Pluralism, identity politics, and coalitions: toward Madisonian constitutionalism / Jennifer L. Hochschild
Equality's troubles: Madison in modern America / Wilson Carey McWilliams
The majoritarian impulse and the declining significance of place / John Mark Hansen
The future of democratic participation: the significance of immigration, race, and class / Jane Junn
The future of liberty in American democratic politics? Or the future of democracy for the politics of liberty? / Nancy J. Hirschmann
The rhetoric of democratic liberty / Gordon Schochet
The future of legislatures in democratic politics / Nelson W. Polsby
Legislative politics: institutional democracy and public disaffection / Alan Rosenthal
The impact of Bush v. Gore on future democratic politics / Elizabeth Garrett
The Supreme Court and Bush v. Gore: resolving electoral disputes in a democracy / Milton Heumann and Lance Cassak
Democratic ends and political parties in America / William Crotty
Contentious democracy: presidential-interest group relations in a Madisonian system / Daniel J. Tichenor
Conclusion: Perspectives on the future of American democratic politics / Marc D. Weiner and Gerald M. Pomper
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