The founding fathers v. the people [electronic resource] : paradoxes of American democracy / Anthony King.
2012
JK31 .K56 2012eb
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The founding fathers v. the people [electronic resource] : paradoxes of American democracy / Anthony King.
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9780674062597 electronic book
9780674045736
9780674045736
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
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English
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1 online resource (xii, 242 p.)
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JK31 .K56 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.973
Summary
The founding fathers emphasized a system in which the people were allowed to play only a limited role. Radical democrats insisted that the people, and only the people, should rule. Anthony King shows how this initial conflict has played out in the turmoil of our nation's public life, and he offers a way to address it.
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Table of Contents
Preface
An assortment of puzzles
Who-and what-were "the people"?
The people in the house of power
The exaltation of the people
The people move upstairs
Two tectonic plates, two nostalgias
An assortment of solutions
Democracy in America.
An assortment of puzzles
Who-and what-were "the people"?
The people in the house of power
The exaltation of the people
The people move upstairs
Two tectonic plates, two nostalgias
An assortment of solutions
Democracy in America.