Poverty Of Amer Pol 2Nd EdTemple University Press, 25/06/2010 - 368 من الصفحات Maintaining that the American political system is not working well enough to inspire confidence that it can meet the challenges o four time, H. Mark Roelofs attributes that failure, not to its practitioners, but to its very design. He sees that system as split between its legitimizing self-image, social democracy, and its operational element, liberal democracy. Based on his novel understanding of the American political system, Roelofs presents a devastating and closely reasoned critique that traces our nation's political ills to fundamental flaws in the very design of its founding principles, the character of its major institutions, and the basic pattern of its processes. Dissecting our political and societal problems, he explains the limitations and basic contributions arising from the social democratic/liberal democratic dichotomy that result in our current political poverty. While Roelofs's analysis remains the same as in the earlier edition, in this revised edition he has sharpened and extended the argument and expanded and updated his illustrative materials. Improved bibliographical citations and new diagrams make the book an even more useful teaching tool. |
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الصفحة xiii
... example of collec- tive intellectual genius — combining both theory and practice — in the history of the Western world . " 1 By powerful , inescapable , patriotic tradition , modern - day textbooks are required to say such things . But ...
... example of collec- tive intellectual genius — combining both theory and practice — in the history of the Western world . " 1 By powerful , inescapable , patriotic tradition , modern - day textbooks are required to say such things . But ...
الصفحة xxiv
... example , in this book ) to have been apprehended in past events against their own inspections and ap- prehensions in future , actual political developments . It may be protested , now that we have sketched out the objectives and ...
... example , in this book ) to have been apprehended in past events against their own inspections and ap- prehensions in future , actual political developments . It may be protested , now that we have sketched out the objectives and ...
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... example of such a state in the modern world . Insofar as America is a de- mocracy , in this perspective , it is so not because of any religious enthusi- asm among its citizens for a common life but because of their commit- ment to an ...
... example of such a state in the modern world . Insofar as America is a de- mocracy , in this perspective , it is so not because of any religious enthusi- asm among its citizens for a common life but because of their commit- ment to an ...
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... example of separation of powers being " modified " by the principle of " checks and balances . " " Modified " ? The sole repository of executive power becomes a major legislative fig- ure ? Maybe " adulterated " would be a better word ...
... example of separation of powers being " modified " by the principle of " checks and balances . " " Modified " ? The sole repository of executive power becomes a major legislative fig- ure ? Maybe " adulterated " would be a better word ...
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... example of the international conference , explicit understandings of basic terms of in- ternational relations , such as " sovereignty " and " national interest , " would have to exist and be assured mutual respect . Furthermore ...
... example of the international conference , explicit understandings of basic terms of in- ternational relations , such as " sovereignty " and " national interest , " would have to exist and be assured mutual respect . Furthermore ...
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II Institutions and OHicers | 87 |
III The Poverty of American Politics | 195 |
Diagrams of the Argument | 259 |
Postscript to the First Edition | 269 |
Postscript to the Second Edition | 271 |
Notes | 275 |
Index | 305 |
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