Constitutional democracy /
Constitutional Democracy systematically examines how the basic constitutional structure of governments affects what they can accomplish. This relationship is especially important at a time when Americans are increasingly disillusioned about government's fundamental ability to reach solutions fo...
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1996
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Democracy in America
- 2. Democracy in Other Parts of the World
- 3. The Constitutional Premise
- 4. Why Have Government?
- 5. The Nature of a Constitution
- 6. Federalism
- 7. Direct Democracy
- 8. Representative Democracy: Proportional Representation
- 9. Representative Democracy: Two-Party Government
- 10. The Two Systems of Representation Compared
- 11. The Parliamentary Voting Rule
- 12. The Referendum
- 13. Bicameralism
- 14. Rights
- 15. The Market and the State
- 16. Redistribution
- 17. The Executive Branch
- 18. Dictatorship
- 19. The Judiciary
- 20. Citizenship
- 21. The Constitutional Convention
- 22. Epilogue
- 1 Democracy in America
- 2. Democracy in Other Parts of the World
- 3. The Constitutional Premise
- 4. Why Have Government?
- 5. The Nature of a Constitution
- 6. Federalism
- 7. Direct Democracy
- 8. Representative Democracy: Proportional Representation
- 9. Representative Democracy: Two-Party Government
- 10. The Two Systems of Representation Compared
- 11. The Parliamentary Voting Rule
- 12. The Referendum
- 13. Bicameralism
- 14. Rights
- 15. The Market and the State
- 16. Redistribution
- 17. The Executive Branch
- 18. Dictatorship
- 19. The Judiciary
- 20. Citizenship
- 21. The Constitutional Convention
- 22. Epilogue.