How democratic is the American Constitution? / Robert A. Dahl.
2001
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Author
Title
How democratic is the American Constitution? / Robert A. Dahl.
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2001]
Copyright
©2001
Call Number
KF4550 .D34 2001
ISBN
0300092180 (cloth : alk. paper)
Description
x, 198 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)47658773
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-190) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Ch. 1
Introduction: Fundamental Questions
1
Ch. 2
What the Framers Couldn't Know
7
Ch. 3
The Constitution as a Model: An American Illusion
41
Ch. 4
Electing the President
73
Ch. 5
How Well Does the Constitutional System Perform?
91
Ch. 6
Why Not a More Democratic Constitution?
121
Ch. 7
Some Reflections on the Prospects for a More Democratic Constitution
141
App. A
On the Terms "Democracy" and "Republic"
159
App. B: Tables and Figures
163
Notes
173
Index
191