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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101108845703
ISBN-139781108845700
eBay Product ID (ePID)19061246674
Product Key Features
Number of Pages300 Pages
Publication NameWe Hold These Truths : Updating the Framers' Vision of American Democracy
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2023
SubjectHistory & Theory, American Government / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science
AuthorStephen M. Maurer
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2023-024333
Dewey Edition23
Reviews'Stephen Maurer addresses the challenge of current American political polarization by assuming the Framers of the US Constitution made accurate diagnoses of the problem but prescriptions that need updating in the light of modern social science. This approach yields insights that will intrigue students of political institutions everywhere.' Paul Seabright, Toulouse School of Economics, author of The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal320.473
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. Updating the framers; 2. The people: from individuals to communities; 3. Selling policy: political narratives & ideologies; 4. The public forum: mass media and the web; 5. Mass democracy: political parties and elections; 6. The 'extended republic': communities, states & regions; 7. Making law: the congress; 8. Implementing law: the executive; 9. Interpreting law: the courts; 10. Democracy evolving: the future of American politics.
SynopsisThe Federalist remains the best single account of how American democracy is supposed to work. That said, it remains incomplete. While generations of scholars from Alexis de Tocqueville to Anthony Downs have worked hard to fill these gaps, America's constantly-changing society and political institutions continue to encounter new puzzles and challenges. We Hold These Truths provides a comprehensive survey of recent scholarship about the Framers' vision, stressing how long-established political patterns can abruptly change as voters become more polarized, and even lead to feedbacks that amplify public anger still further. Developing a theory of American democracy for the age of the internet, Trump, and polarization, this study mixes modern social science with a detailed knowledge of history, asking where the Framers' scheme has gone wrong - and what can be done to fix it., This book presents a self-contained and accessible economic analysis of American politics. Chapters address voters, political parties, the media, Congress, the Presidency, and the Supreme Court. Maurer explains how the Framers' design usually encourages moderation - but can also veer into the kind of dangerously divisive politics we know today.
LC Classification NumberJK31.M39 2024
