Strong Constitutions - Social-Cognitive Origins of the Separation of Powers

Zusatztext In this imaginative and readable book, Cameron (Univ. of British Columbia) provides a learned defense of the separation of powers...One of the most insightful defenses of the separation of powers to appear in many years. Summing Up: Highly recommended." Informationen zum Autor Maxwell A. Cameron is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions at the University of British Columbia. Klappentext A bold argument that constitutional states are not weaker because their powers are divided -- they are often stronger because they solve collective action problems rooted in speech and communication. Zusammenfassung A bold argument that constitutional states are not weaker because their powers are divided -- they are often stronger because they solve collective action problems rooted in speech and communication. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction: Strong Constitutions Chapter 2. Social-Cognitive Origins of the Separation of Powers Chapter 3. Literacy and the Invention of Constitutions Chapter 4. The Printing Press and Constitutional Revolutions Chapter 5. Electronic Media, Mass Politics, and Electoral Democracy Chapter 6. Beyond Liberalism: Language, Law, and Deliberation Chapter 7. Democracy Without the Separation of Powers? Chapter 8. Conclusion: Writing, Power, and Democracy Bibliography

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• Authors: Maxwell Cameron, Maxwell A Cameron, Maxwell A. Cameron, Maxwell A. (Professor of Political Scienc Cameron
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.05.2015
• EAN: 9780190235222
• ISBN: 978-0-19-023522-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Government / General, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Government powers, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general