American Government: Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure Contributor(s): Jillson, Cal (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367893487 ISBN-13: 9780367893484 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $87.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | American Government - General - Political Science | American Government - National |
Dewey: 321.8 |
LCCN: 2019056099 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 7.4" W x 9.1" (1.72 lbs) 362 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: American Government: Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure highlights the necessary tension between our constitutional principles and institutions and the populist heat that sometimes roils our national politics, especially at the current political moment. Our constitutional democracy has been under pressure for some time, but few would deny that fears for its fate have deepened in just the past few years. We assume that our political institutions will limit and contain contemporary populism, just as the Founders intended and as they have in the past, but will they? An increasingly polarized electorate, urging their representatives to fight and never to compromise, may be stressing Constitutional limits. This new edition offers to help American government teachers lead their students to a nuanced theoretical and practical understanding of what is happening in the politics of their Constitutional democracy today. New to the Second Edition
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