Constitutional democracy:
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Main Author: Mueller, Dennis C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2000
Series:Oxford University Press paperback
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Item Description:"First published in 1996 ... first issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2000"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-370) and indexes
I: The Problems; 1 Democracy in America; 2 Democracy in Other Parts of the World; II: The Constitutional Perspective; 3 The Constitutional Premise; 4 Why Have Government?; 5 The Nature of a Constitution; III: Institutions to Reveal and Advance a Community's Interests; 6 Federalism; 7 Direct Democracy; 8 Representative Democracy: Proportional Representation; 9 Representative Democracy: Two-Party Government; 10 The Two Systems of Representation Compared; 11 The Parliamentary Voting Rule; IV: Institutions to Constrain Government; 12 The Referendum; 13 Bicameralism; 14 Rights
This work examines how the basic constitutional structure of governments affects what they can accomplish. The author illuminates the links between the structure of democratic government and it achievements, by drawing comparisons between the American and other government systems around the world
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 382 pages)
ISBN:1423760727
1602568537
9781423760726
9781602568532

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