Constitutional democracy /
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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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Colección: | Oxford University Press paperback.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.