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American democracy in crisis : the case for rethinking Madisonian government / Jeanne Sheehan.

Author/creator Zaino, Jeanne author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Descriptionxxxiii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Part I. Choices -- The dispersion of power : choice I -- A republic, if you can keep it : choice II -- "Trias politica" : choice III -- A most unsure grip : choice IV -- Part II. Paradoxes & semi-solutions -- The object of the government or systems failure : paradox I -- A necessary evil : paradox II and semi-solution I -- The strategy of majority rule : paradox III and semi-solution II -- A failure to act or what's most remarkable: paradox IV -- Part III. Remedies -- Nothing human can be perfect : constitutional change and the limits of remedies thereafter -- Restructuring by rewriting or toward a more responsible government : remedies I (the what) -- The "two modes" : proposal by Congress and "the other way" : remedies II (the how) -- Return to first solutions or extra-constitutional means of bridging the divide : remedies III (the how, continued) -- Coda.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9783030622800
ISBN3030622800

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