Is this any way to run a democratic government? /
Has our system of checks and balances between the three branches of our federal government undergone changes for good or ill over the years since the Constitution was set as the cornerstone of our nation? How stand our political traditions, our personal freedoms, our purported equality, our sense of...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Georgetown University Press,
©2004.
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| Summary: | Has our system of checks and balances between the three branches of our federal government undergone changes for good or ill over the years since the Constitution was set as the cornerstone of our nation? How stand our political traditions, our personal freedoms, our purported equality, our sense of governance of, by, and for the people? Are we the democratic nation we set out to be, or do we have a distance to go to achieve this ideal? Alternatively, is approaching a democratic ideal desirable today in the light of the smaller, more integrated, and dangerous world in which we live?Is This Any. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 191 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435638969 1435638964 9781589013490 1589013492 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |