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American factions : how the us constitution can end extreme partisanship / James L. Huffman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huffman, James (James L.), Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Political parties--United States.
- Political parties.
- Partisanship--United States.
- Partisanship.
- Separation of powers--United States.
- Separation of powers.
- Democracy--United States.
- Democracy.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- "An ideal resource for readers concerned about America's divisive politics, this book explores the causes of political faction, the Constitution's limits on democratic excess, and the gradual erosion of those limits to highlight the importance of the Constitution's structural constraints on our present-day winner-takes-all politics"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I – The Curse of Faction
- Chapter 1 – A Constitution for a Divided Nation
- Chapter 2 – A New Nation of Factions
- Chapter 3 – Political Faction and Civic Virtue
- Chapter 4 – Causes of Division
- Chapter 5 –The Hazards of Political Faction
- Part II – Remedies for the Curse of Faction
- Chapter 6 – The Theoretical Republic
- Chapter 7 – Controlling the Representatives
- Chapter 8 – A Legislature of Enumerated Powers
- Chapter 9 – An Energetic Executive of Limited Authority
- Chapter 10 – An Independent Judiciary
- Part III – Democratization of the Republic
- Chapter 11 – From Representation to Democratization: Political Parties
- Chapter 12 – Democratization of American Governments
- Part IV – A Weakened Constitutional Structure
- Chapter 13 – Expansion of National Power
- Chapter 14 – A Porous Wall of Separation
- Chapter 15 – Judicial Arrogations and Concessions
- Part V – A Republic, If We Can Keep It
- Chapter 16 – Where the Framers’ Design Has Faltered
- Chapter 17 – Where the Framers’ Design Has Worked
- Chapter 18 – Repairing and Restoring the Framers’ Design
- Epilogue.
- ISBN:
- 1-009-76811-5
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