About this title: In this volume, an eminent political scientist questions the extent to which the American Constitution furthers democratic goals. Robert Dahl reveals the Constitution's potentially antidemocratic elements and explains why they are there, compares the American constitutional system to other democratic systems, and explores how Americans might alter their political system to achieve greater equality among citizens. In a new chapter for this second edition, he shows how increasing differences in state populations revealed by the Census of 2000 have further increased the veto power over ...
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Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Date Published: 2003-12-01
ISBN-13:9780300095241ISBN:0300095244
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2003
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Publisher: Yale Univ Pr, Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780300095241ISBN:0300095244
Description: New. 0300095244. BRAND NEW, FLAWLESS COPY, NEVER OPENED-224 pp. 2 graphs--Publishers Weekly: In this slim, accessible volume, Yale political science professor emeritus Dahl (On Democracy) takes a critical look at our Constitution and why we continue to uphold it, though it is "a document produced more than two centuries ago by a group of fifty-five mortal men, actually signed by only thirty-nine, and adopted in only thirteen states. " As an instrument for truly democratic government, Dahl ... read more
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2003-12-01
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Date Published: 2003-12-01
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Date Published: 2003
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"For those that have studied their American history, the answer is quite simple: not very democratic at all. Nothing all that shocking or implausible about any individual observations or insights made herein, but a good confluence of all of the "little things" that make this a much more "republican", i.e. REPRESENTATIVE form of government, than it is a democratic one predicated on direct and informed involvement by its citizens."
"A really clear review of the problematics inherent in the kind of idol worship that's gone on with the American constitution. Not nearly as obnoxious as the title would have you believe."
"Dahl makes a solid case for a thorough overhaul of our constitution. But it won't happen. And the changes that will be made over the next quarter century will be through judical review by an over-represented conservative supreme court. Yes, this book is historically imformative, and eye-opening to some processes we may be ill-informed about, but it doesn't take a tenured Yale professor to figure out why the electoral college is undemocratic. I was thirsting for some solutions, and my mouth is still dry..."
"This is a short, critical, easy-to-read look at the American Constitution. It focuses on the political inequality inherent in both the American system and constitution. Nice to read such a well-written book as part of a course... it's certainly more of a "popular" account as it is written in a way that is probably accessible to the "average citizen" and not just academics in their ivory towers."
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