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The Unfinished American Project : Founding Sins, Institutional Failures, and Expanding Democracy to Form a More Perfect Union / Steven J. L. Taylor.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2024]Copyright date: 2024Description: 1 online resource (X, 171 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783111559742
  • 9783111559520
  • 9783111558394
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.973 23/eng/20241016
LOC classification:
  • JK1726 .T39 2024
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter One Introduction to The Unfinished American Project -- Chapter Two Democratic Shortcomings in Selecting the Chief Executive -- Chapter Three Democracy Compromised in the Legislative Branch -- Chapter Four The Judicial Branch Sends Mixed Messages on Expanding Democracy -- Chapter Five The U.S. Territories: More than Four Million Unenfranchised Citizens -- Chapter Six Conclusion and Proposals for Change -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Author Index
Summary: This book delves into democratic deficiencies in the United States federal government, especially those that disenfranchise minority communities. It highlights key contemporary and persistent challenges to American democracy, examines them in their historical context, and proposes reforms to remedy them. It will serve as unique secondary text for US government & politics, African American racial & ethnic politics, and public policy courses.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9783111558394

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter One Introduction to The Unfinished American Project -- Chapter Two Democratic Shortcomings in Selecting the Chief Executive -- Chapter Three Democracy Compromised in the Legislative Branch -- Chapter Four The Judicial Branch Sends Mixed Messages on Expanding Democracy -- Chapter Five The U.S. Territories: More than Four Million Unenfranchised Citizens -- Chapter Six Conclusion and Proposals for Change -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Author Index

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This book delves into democratic deficiencies in the United States federal government, especially those that disenfranchise minority communities. It highlights key contemporary and persistent challenges to American democracy, examines them in their historical context, and proposes reforms to remedy them. It will serve as unique secondary text for US government & politics, African American racial & ethnic politics, and public policy courses.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Nov 2024)