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The Deconstitutionalization of America
The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic Rule
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The Deconstitutionalization of America
The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic Rule
About this book
In The Deconstitutionalization of America: The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic Rule, Roger M. Barrus and his coauthors embark on a discussion of American democracy from the nineteenth century to the present day. The present paradox democracy finds itself in can be summed up as "the best of times and the worst of times." Democracy, at its best, has triumphed throughout the world. It is the authors contention that this same success represents the potential for its undoing: with all governments claiming to be democratic, modern democrats-and this includes just about everyone-find it difficult if not impossible to understand the nature and problems of democracy. Since most everyone lives within a democratic horizon, they have nothing to compare democracy to and no one to point out its faults. In this way, they are hampered in dealing with their social and political problems, some of which may be the result of contradictions inherent in the democratic principle itself. The solution to democracy's ills might not be, after all, more democracy.
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Yes, you can access The Deconstitutionalization of America by Roger M. Barrus,John H. Eastby,Joseph H. Lane Jr.,David E. Marion,James F. Pontuso in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & North American History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 - JAMES MADISON’S CONSTITUTION OF FREEDOM
- CHAPTER 2 - ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM
- CHAPTER 3 - WOODROW WILSON’S PROGRESSIVE CONSTITUTION
- CHAPTER 4 - FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, THE GREAT DEPRESSION, AND THE RISE OF INTEREST-GROUP GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER 5 - CONGRESS: INCREASED POWER AND INSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESS
- CHAPTER 6 - PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP AND THE TWO PUBLICS
- CHAPTER 7 - THE MODERN JUDICIARY AND PALLIATIVE GOVERNMENT: STILL THE “LEAST DANGEROUS BRANCH”?
- CHAPTER 8 - DECONSTITUTIONALIZATION AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
- CHAPTER 9 - NATIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND MADISONIAN CONSTITUTIONALISM: THE PERSISTENCE OF WILSONIAN ADMINISTRATIVE THOUGHT
- CONCLUSION - THE ELECTION OF 2000 A CASE STUDY IN DECONSTITUTIONALIZATION
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS