We Hold These Truths - Updating the Framers'' Vision of American Democracy

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Updating the framers; 2. The people: from individuals to communities; 3. Selling policy: political narratives & ideologies; 4. The public forum: mass media and the web; 5. Mass democracy: political parties and elections; 6. The 'extended republic': communities, states & regions; 7. Making law: the congress; 8. Implementing law: the executive; 9. Interpreting law: the courts; 10. Democracy evolving: the future of American politics.

About the author

Stephen M. Maurer is Adjunct Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Trained as a lawyer, he has been associated with Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy since 1999. His books include WMD Terrorism (2009), On the Shoulders of Giants (CUP 2017), and Self-Governance in Science (CUP 2017).

Summary

This book presents a self-contained and accessible economic analysis of American politics. Chapters address voters, political parties, the media, Congress, the Presidency, and the Supreme Court. Maurer explains how the Framers' design usually encourages moderation – but can also veer into the kind of dangerously divisive politics we know today.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen M. Maurer, Stephen M. (University of California Maurer, Maurer Stephen M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2023
• EAN: 9781108845700
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84570-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Political Economy, United States of America, USA, Political science and theory, c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era), Public international law: economic and trade