How democratic is the American Constitution? [electronic resource] / Robert A. Dahl.

By: Dahl, Robert Alan, 1915-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economicsPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001Description: x, 198 p. : illSubject(s): Constitutional law -- United States | Constitutional history -- United States | DemocracyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 342.73/02 LOC classification: KF4550 | .D34 2001Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction: fundamental questions -- What the framers couldn't know -- The constitution as a model: an American illusion -- Electing the president -- How well does the constitutional system perform? -- Why not a more democratic constitution? -- Some reflections on the prospects for a more democratic constitution.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-190) and index.

Introduction: fundamental questions -- What the framers couldn't know -- The constitution as a model: an American illusion -- Electing the president -- How well does the constitutional system perform? -- Why not a more democratic constitution? -- Some reflections on the prospects for a more democratic constitution.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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