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Is this any way to run a democratic government? / Stephen J. Wayne, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--United States.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Has our system of checks and balances between the three branches of our federal government undergone changes for good or ill over the years since the Constitution was set as the cornerstone of our nation? How stand our political traditions, our personal freedoms, our purported equality, our sense of governance of, by, and for the people? Are we the democratic nation we set out to be, or do we have a distance to go to achieve this ideal? Alternatively, is approaching a democratic ideal desirable today in the light of the smaller, more integrated, and dangerous world in which we live?Is This Any
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Democratic theory
- pt. 2. A democratic congress?
- pt. 3. A democratic executive?
- pt. 4. A democratic judiciary?.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-58901-349-2
- 1-4356-3896-4
- OCLC:
- 648711590
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