How Democratic is the American Constitution ? - 2nd Edition

Informationen zum Autor Robert A. Dahl (1915-2014) was a political theorist and Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He is the author of numerous books, including Who Governs? , Democracy and Its Critics , and On Democracy . Klappentext In this provocative book, one of our most eminent political scientists 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 we might alter our 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 constitutional amendments held by a tiny minority of Americans. He then explores the prospects for changing some important political practices that are not prescribed by the written Constitution, though most Americans may assume them to be so. Zusammenfassung This work questions the extent to which the American Constitution furthers democratic goals. It reveals the Constitution's potentially antidemocratic elements and explains why they are there! compares the American constitutional system to other democratic systems! and more.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Dahl, Robert A Dahl, Robert A. Dahl, Robert Alan Dahl, Dahl Robert A.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2003
• EAN: 9780300095241
• ISBN: 978-0-300-09524-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 125 mm x 195 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Castle Lectures Series; Castle Lectures in Ethics, Pol; Castle Lectures Series; Castle Lecture Series; Castle Lectures in Ethics, Pol; Castle Lecture Series in Ethics, Politics & Economics (YUP)
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, Political structures: democracy, United States of America, USA, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general