The Deconstitutionalization of America: The Forgotten Frailties of Democratic RuleThe 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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... American Foreign Policy 126 Chapter 9 National Performance Review and Madisonian Constitutionalism : The Persistence of Wilsonian Administrative Thought 136 Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index About the Authors 149 155 159 163 ...
... American Foreign Policy 126 Chapter 9 National Performance Review and Madisonian Constitutionalism : The Persistence of Wilsonian Administrative Thought 136 Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index About the Authors 149 155 159 163 ...
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... American system of constitutional democracy . In many ways the debate was confusing and contradictory . Republicans who had been willing to overlook lying or at least convenient lapses of memory from President Ronald Reagan during the ...
... American system of constitutional democracy . In many ways the debate was confusing and contradictory . Republicans who had been willing to overlook lying or at least convenient lapses of memory from President Ronald Reagan during the ...
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... American people , adopting the terminology of European- style parliamentarism . Rhetorically , they were superimposing the British theory of parliamentary democracy — the party that wins a majority in the legislature selects its leader ...
... American people , adopting the terminology of European- style parliamentarism . Rhetorically , they were superimposing the British theory of parliamentary democracy — the party that wins a majority in the legislature selects its leader ...
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... American - style presidential democracies , European - style parliamentary democracies . Third World develop- ing democracies , Islamic republics , and even a few remaining Marxist people's democracies . Political leaders no longer ...
... American - style presidential democracies , European - style parliamentary democracies . Third World develop- ing democracies , Islamic republics , and even a few remaining Marxist people's democracies . Political leaders no longer ...
Contents
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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About the Authors | |
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