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Losing balance : the de-democratization of America

Title: Losing balance : the de-democratization of America / William P. Kreml.
Author: Kreml, William P.
Publication: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©1991.

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Description

xv, 167 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"It is increasingly evident that the American political system is not working well. Determining precisely where the problem lies--and what the solution is--remains the subject of intense speculation and debate. In this book, Professor William P. Kreml discusses the structural imbalances that he believes are undermining American government. Professor Kreml, who is a political activist as well as a scholar, argues that the fundamental preconstitutional balances--private/public, legal/political, majoritarian/antimajoritarian, and centrifugal/centripetal--that have functioned well throughout most of American history have in recent years been subverted. Professor Kreml analyzes this "de-democratization of America" and points the way to reform."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Jefferson and the Generations -- 2. Private and Public Domains -- 3. The Washington Beltway -- 4. The Lawyer-Lobbyist -- 5. The Elections Industry -- 6. The Levels of Government -- 7. America's Political Parties -- 8. Congress -- 9. The Chief Executive -- 10. A New World -- 11. The National Press -- 12. The Academy -- 13. Remedies -- 14. Jefferson's and Lincoln's Lessons -- Index.

ISBN

0873328469
9780873328463

LCCN

91009148

OCLC

ocm23212248
23212248
SCSB-1944519

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Princeton University Library