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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... Modern Judiciary and Palliative Government : Still the " Least Dangerous Branch " ? 112 Chapter 8 Deconstitutionalization and American Foreign Policy 126 Chapter 9 National Performance Review and Madisonian Constitutionalism : The ...
... Modern Judiciary and Palliative Government : Still the " Least Dangerous Branch " ? 112 Chapter 8 Deconstitutionalization and American Foreign Policy 126 Chapter 9 National Performance Review and Madisonian Constitutionalism : The ...
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... modern democrats and that 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 de ...
... modern democrats and that 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 de ...
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... modern political philosophers , while in many ways disagreeing with the ancient philosophers , agreed with them completely in their estimation of democracy . Niccolo Machiavelli argued that , while all forms of government were in some ...
... modern political philosophers , while in many ways disagreeing with the ancient philosophers , agreed with them completely in their estimation of democracy . Niccolo Machiavelli argued that , while all forms of government were in some ...
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... 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 4 INTRODUCTION.
... 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 4 INTRODUCTION.
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... modern democrats tend to look at the rise and eventual triumph of democ- racy as inevitable.16 This view is highly distorting , of both past and present poli- tics . On more than one occasion in the past , the fate of democracy has hung ...
... modern democrats tend to look at the rise and eventual triumph of democ- racy as inevitable.16 This view is highly distorting , of both past and present poli- tics . On more than one occasion in the past , the fate of democracy has hung ...
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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