The Deconstitutionalization of America: The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic RuleLexington Books, 2004 - 162 páginas The American Constitution held out the hope that ordinary people were capable of deciding their own fates, and in doing so it immeasurably elevated the dignity of common people. The organization and interplay of the parts that comprise the whole American government exist to provide people the opportunity to govern themselves and, at the same time, reveal the limits of democratic self-rule. The forgetting of these limits is not only destructive to the constitution but the nation as a whole. |
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... understanding of democratic government that was already widely accepted . It has been developing for some time , certainly through much of the twentieth century , as political power for many causes has shifted to the presidency . The ...
... understanding of democratic government that was already widely accepted . It has been developing for some time , certainly through much of the twentieth century , as political power for many causes has shifted to the presidency . The ...
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... understanding of the consequences the costs as well as the benefits — of this change for the actual functioning of their government . The Clinton impeachment crisis was an embarrassingly low point in American political history , but it ...
... understanding of the consequences the costs as well as the benefits — of this change for the actual functioning of their government . The Clinton impeachment crisis was an embarrassingly low point in American political history , but it ...
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... understanding of democracy was grounded on the his- torical record . The fall of Athens , chronicled by Thucydides in his history of the Peloponnesian War , epitomized the problems of democratic government . At the height of its power ...
... understanding of democracy was grounded on the his- torical record . The fall of Athens , chronicled by Thucydides in his history of the Peloponnesian War , epitomized the problems of democratic government . At the height of its power ...
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... understanding of democracy . The French Revolution recapitulated , in virtually every particular , the tragic experience of ancient Athens . The modern revival of democracy might well have ended with the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 were ...
... understanding of democracy . The French Revolution recapitulated , in virtually every particular , the tragic experience of ancient Athens . The modern revival of democracy might well have ended with the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 were ...
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... understanding on the part of the people . Without it . the system must degenerate . Alexis de Tocqueville , who came to the United States in the early 1830s to study democracy , held that the American Constitution is " the best of all ...
... understanding on the part of the people . Without it . the system must degenerate . Alexis de Tocqueville , who came to the United States in the early 1830s to study democracy , held that the American Constitution is " the best of all ...
Índice
James Madisons Constitution of Freedom | 9 |
Abraham Lincolns New Birth of Freedom | 25 |
Woodrow Wilsons Progressive Constitution | 50 |
Franklin Roosevelt the Great Depression and the Rise of InterestGroup Government | 67 |
Congress Increased Power and Institutional Weakness | 79 |
Presidential Leadership and the Two Publics | 98 |
The Modern Judiciary and Palliative Government Still the Least Dangerous Branch? | 112 |
Deconstitutionalization and American Foreign Policy | 126 |
National Performance Review and Madisonian Constitutionalism The Persistence of Wilsonian Administrative Thought | 136 |
Conclusion | 149 |
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The Constitution on the Campaign Trail: The Surprising Political Career of ... Andrew Busch Pré-visualização limitada - 2007 |