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000425267 010__ $$a  2006008743
000425267 020__ $$a9781933116730 (pbk. : alk. paper)
000425267 020__ $$a1933116730 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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000425267 1001_ $$aHudson, William E.,$$d1948-
000425267 24510 $$aAmerican democracy in peril :$$beight challenges to America's future /$$cWilliam E. Hudson.
000425267 250__ $$a5th ed.
000425267 260__ $$aWashington, D.C. :$$bCQ Press,$$cc2006.
000425267 300__ $$axvii, 412 p. :$$bill. ;$$c23 cm.
000425267 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000425267 5050_ $$aIntroduction: models of democracy -- Precursors to modern democratic theory -- Protective democracy -- Developmental democracy -- Pluralist democracy -- Participatory democracy -- The models compared -- Suggestions for further reading -- 1. The first challenge : separation of powers -- The founders' work -- The Jeffersonian model -- The separation of powers and democratic values -- The parliamentary alternative -- Meeting the challenge : bridge the separation of powers -- Thought questions -- Suggestions for further reading -- Selected Web sites -- 2. The second challenge : the imperial judiciary -- The least democratic branch -- A brief history of judicial review -- Two cases of judicial usurpation -- Can judicial review be made consistent with democracy? -- The judicialization of American politics as a challenge to democracy -- Meeting the challenge : revitalize American democracy -- Thought questions -- Suggestions for further reading -- Selected Web sites -- 3. The third challenge : radical individualism -- Individualism in the American tradition -- American "habits of the heart" -- The flaws of libertarianism -- Our pathological politics of rights and interests -- The failed opportunity to build community after 9/11 -- Meeting the challenge : balance rights with responsibilities -- Thought questions -- Suggestions for further reading -- Selected Web sites -- 4. The fourth challenge : citizen participation -- Citizen participation and democratic theory -- Citizen political participation -- Signs of civic disengagement -- The new citizen activism -- Participation as a challenge to democracy -- Meeting the challenge : more, not less, participation -- Thought questions -- Suggestions for further reading -- Selected Web sites -- 5. The fifth challenge : trivialized elections -- Equal representation -- Deliberation -- Control -- Meeting the challenge : reform electoral institutions, promote democratic deliberation -- Thought questions -- Suggestions for further reading -- Selected Web sites -- 6. The sixth challenge : the "privileged position" of business -- American politics as pluralist heaven -- Business : the "privileged" group -- Why business privilege is a threat to democracy -- Objections to the privileged-position-of-business thesis -- Meeting the challenge : democratic action to reduce business privilege -- Thought questions -- Suggestions for further reading -- Selected Web sites -- 7. The seventh challenge : inequality -- Equality and democratic theory -- The end of the American dream? -- The persistence of racial inequality -- Economic inequality's challenge to democracy -- Meeting the challenge : policies to promote equality -- Thought questions -- Suggestions for further reading -- Selected Web sites -- 8. The eighth challenge : the national security state -- The burgeoning of the national security state -- Secrecy -- Centralization -- Repression -- Distortion -- Meeting the challenge : reform to achieve true security -- Thought questions -- Suggestions for further reading -- Selected Web sites.
000425267 650_0 $$aDemocracy$$zUnited States$$vTextbooks.
000425267 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$vTextbooks.
000425267 85200 $$bgen$$hJK31$$i.H86$$i2006
000425267 85641 $$3Table of contents$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0610/2006008743.html
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