Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?: American Conservative Thought in the Twentieth CenturyWilliam F. Buckley (Jr.) Half-title: American conservative thought in the twentieth century. |
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... rule problem in America is the problem of the presidential elections ; either the majority rules through the presidential elections ( which Dahl thinks it does not ) , or it does not rule at all . A book about majority rule in America ...
... rule problem in America is the problem of the presidential elections ; either the majority rules through the presidential elections ( which Dahl thinks it does not ) , or it does not rule at all . A book about majority rule in America ...
Page 253
... rule , not an instrument of majority rule.17 It is bicameral ; its members are chosen in elections deliberately staggered to pre- vent waves of popular enthusiasm from transmitting themselves directly to its floors . It " overrepresents ...
... rule , not an instrument of majority rule.17 It is bicameral ; its members are chosen in elections deliberately staggered to pre- vent waves of popular enthusiasm from transmitting themselves directly to its floors . It " overrepresents ...
Page 260
... rule is precisely that Dahl clearly cannot , or at least does not , imagine a popular majority - rule system as working through any process other than that of elections , which , as he himself sees , are in the nature of the case ...
... rule is precisely that Dahl clearly cannot , or at least does not , imagine a popular majority - rule system as working through any process other than that of elections , which , as he himself sees , are in the nature of the case ...
Contents
you Ever See a Dream Walking? | xv |
Selected Bibliography | xli |
Part One THE HISTORICAL | 3 |
Copyright | |
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