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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... that contains and constrains individual citizens to the pursuit of their private interests within the limits set by established law . The next five chapters , which make up Part II Copyrighted Material 6 Introduction.
... that contains and constrains individual citizens to the pursuit of their private interests within the limits set by established law . The next five chapters , which make up Part II Copyrighted Material 6 Introduction.
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... limits prescribed by law ) featured in lib- eral democracy . By executing this function faithfully , the courts become an essential element of stability in a system otherwise wracked by ambi- guity and contradictory tensions . But it ...
... limits prescribed by law ) featured in lib- eral democracy . By executing this function faithfully , the courts become an essential element of stability in a system otherwise wracked by ambi- guity and contradictory tensions . But it ...
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... relationship itself appears as a transactional relationship in which one speaks and the other responds , both in ways appropriate to and within the limits of their established relationship . How did Copyrighted Material Power 13.
... relationship itself appears as a transactional relationship in which one speaks and the other responds , both in ways appropriate to and within the limits of their established relationship . How did Copyrighted Material Power 13.
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H. Roelofs. within the limits of their established relationship . How did the possibil- ity of this come about ? The only possible answer is , by some kind of nur- tured consent , by agreement . This merely abstract statement should ...
H. Roelofs. within the limits of their established relationship . How did the possibil- ity of this come about ? The only possible answer is , by some kind of nur- tured consent , by agreement . This merely abstract statement should ...
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... limits of a shared culture and then understood and decisively assented to . None of this is an introduction to a discussion about the differences between good and bad reasons for obedience . Our concern is only to show that those who ...
... limits of a shared culture and then understood and decisively assented to . None of this is an introduction to a discussion about the differences between good and bad reasons for obedience . Our concern is only to show that those who ...
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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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