American democracy in crisis : the case for rethinking Madisonian government

American democracy in crisis : the case for rethinking Madisonian government / Jeanne Sheehan.

Public disenchantment with and distrust of American government is at an all-time high and who can blame them? In the face of widespread challenges -- everything from record levels of personal and national debt and the sky high cost of education, to gun violence, racial discrimination, an immigration...

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Main Author: Sheehan, Jeanne (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Subjects:
Democracy > United States.
Politics, Practical > United States.
Democracy
Politics and government
Politics, Practical
United States > Politics and government.
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Dispersion of Power
  • 2. A Republic
  • If You Can Keep It
  • 3. 'Trias Politica'
  • 4. A Most Unsure Grip
  • 5. The Object of the Government or Systems Failure
  • 6. A Necessary Evil
  • 7. The Strategy of Majority Rule
  • 8. A Failure to Act of What's Most Remarkable
  • 9. Nothing Human Can Be Perfect: Constitutional Change and the Limits of the Remedies Thereafter
  • 10. Restructuring by Rewriting or Towards a More Responsible Government
  • 11. The 'Two Modes'
  • Proposal by Congress and 'The Other Way'
  • 12. Return to First Solutions or Extra-Constitutional Means of Bridging the Divide.

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