How democratic is the American Constitution? / Robert A. Dahl.
Material type: TextSeries: The Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economicsPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.Description: x, 198 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0300092180 (cloth : alk. paper)
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- KF4550 .D34 2001
Contents:
Introduction: fundamental questions -- What the framers couldn't know -- The constitution as a model: an American illusion -- Electing the president -- How well does the constitutional system perform? -- Why not a more democratic constitution? -- Some reflections on the prospects for a more democratic constitution.
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Introduction: fundamental questions -- What the framers couldn't know -- The constitution as a model: an American illusion -- Electing the president -- How well does the constitutional system perform? -- Why not a more democratic constitution? -- Some reflections on the prospects for a more democratic constitution.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-190) and index.
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