American Democracy In Peril Eight Challenges To Americas Future

Author : William E. Hudson
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1544390076
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Democracy in Peril written by William E. Hudson and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2020-02-07 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Democracy in Peril encapsulates the tumultuous state of American politics. By introducing the history of democratic theory in terms of four “models” of democracy, Hudson provides readers with a set of criteria against which to evaluate the challenges discussed later. This provocative book offers a structured yet critical examination of the American political system, designed to stimulate students to consider how the facts they learn about American politics relate to democratic ideals. This new edition incorporates the Trump Presidency and the polarization that has accompanied his leadership.

Author : William E. Hudson
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1483368599
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Democracy in Peril written by William E. Hudson and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Eighth Edition of American Democracy in Peril, author William E. Hudson provides a perceptive analysis of the challenges our democracy faces in the current era: economic crisis, partisan gridlock, rising economic inequality, and continued military conflict in the Middle East and elsewhere. By introducing the history of democratic theory in terms of four “models” of democracy, he provides readers with a set of criteria against which to evaluate the challenges discussed later. This provocative book offers a structured, yet critical examination of the American political system, designed to stimulate students to consider how the facts they learn about American politics relate to democratic ideals.

Author : William E Hudson
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 9781933116730
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Democracy In Peril: Eight Challenges To America's Future, 5th Edition written by William E Hudson and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2006-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for use in undergraduate courses in American government, this textbook explores political issues by identifying eight overarching challenges to the functioning of American democracy: the separation of powers, the imperial judiciary, radical individualism, civic disengagement, trivialized elections, business privilege, inequality, and the na

Author : William E. Hudson
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9781417726721
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Democracy in Peril: Eight Challenges to America's Future written by William E. Hudson and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students will see politics in a whole new light after reading Hudson's provocative and popular text in which he raises fundamentally important questions: Does our National security state threaten the very democratic rights it is meant to defend? Does the expansion of judicial power endanger the tenets of our electoral system? Does the privileged position of business undermine economic equity and fairness? Focusing on eight challenges to American democracy, Hudson provides balanced, clear-sighted recommendations for reform, emphasizing that the strength of our political system rests on our ability to respond to these pressing issues.

Author : William E. Hudson
Publisher : Chatham House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781889119816
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Democracy in Peril written by William E. Hudson and published by Chatham House Publishers. This book was released on 2003-01-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative and well written, this book invites the reader to reflect on the challenges to American democracy. First published in 1989, this all new fifth edition is published to address current concerns, not least the issues raised by the Enron collapse and the privileged position of business, the Supreme Court's involvement in the election of George Bush, and what a new national security system means post-September 11th. Hudson's exploration considers eight major challenges to American democracy: the separation of power, radical individualism, citizen participation, trivialized elections, the influence of business, inequality, and the national security system. Emphasis is applied to such critically topical political issues as the potential power of unelected judges and the Supreme Court in particular to mold public policy, and how the expansion of the global market has come to dominate American foreign policy and defense concerns.

Author : William E. Hudson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Democracy in Peril written by William E. Hudson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative and clearly written, this book challenges the reader to reflect on the problems of American democracy. This new and updated third edition expands exploration of what Hudson considers are the major challenges to American democracy: the separation of power: radical individualism: citizen participation: trivialized elections: the privileged position of business: inequality; and the national security system.The book emphasizes such critical and topical political issues as the persistence of economic inequality despite the economic prosperity of the late 1990s; the Clinton scandals and the impeachment controversy; the impact of globalization on business; the role of soft money in the 1996, 1998, and 2000 election campaigns; the post-Cold War national security state; and the consequences of the Gulf War and Kosovo interventions.

Author : William E. Hudson
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1544390092
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Democracy in Peril written by William E. Hudson and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2020-02-07 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Democracy in Peril encapsulates the tumultuous state of American politics. By introducing the history of democratic theory in terms of four "models" of democracy, Hudson provides readers with a set of criteria against which to evaluate the challenges discussed later. This provocative book offers a structured yet critical examination of the American political system, designed to stimulate students to consider how the facts they learn about American politics relate to democratic ideals. This new edition incorporates the Trump Presidency and the polarization that has accompanied his leadership.

Author : William E. Hudson
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 145222675X
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Democracy in Peril: Eight Challenges to America's Future, 7th Edition written by William E. Hudson and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Democracy in Peril encapsulates the tumultuous state of American politics. By introducing the history of democratic theory in terms of four "models" of democracy, Hudson provides readers with a set of criteria against which to evaluate the challenges discussed later. This provocative book offers a structured yet critical examination of the American political system, designed to stimulate students to consider how the facts they learn about American politics relate to democratic ideals. This new edition incorporates the Trump Presidency and the polarization that has accompanied his leadership. -- Provided by Publisher --

Author : Suzanne Mettler
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250244439
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Four Threats written by Suzanne Mettler and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An urgent, historically-grounded take on the four major factors that undermine American democracy, and what we can do to address them. While many Americans despair of the current state of U.S. politics, most assume that our system of government and democracy itself are invulnerable to decay. Yet when we examine the past, we find that the United States has undergone repeated crises of democracy, from the earliest days of the republic to the present. In Four Threats, Suzanne Mettler and Robert C. Lieberman explore five moments in history when democracy in the U.S. was under siege: the 1790s, the Civil War, the Gilded Age, the Depression, and Watergate. These episodes risked profound—even fatal—damage to the American democratic experiment. From this history, four distinct characteristics of disruption emerge. Political polarization, racism and nativism, economic inequality, and excessive executive power—alone or in combination—have threatened the survival of the republic, but it has survived—so far. What is unique, and alarming, about the present moment in American politics is that all four conditions exist. This convergence marks the contemporary era as a grave moment for democracy. But history provides a valuable repository from which we can draw lessons about how democracy was eventually strengthened—or weakened—in the past. By revisiting how earlier generations of Americans faced threats to the principles enshrined in the Constitution, we can see the promise and the peril that have led us to today and chart a path toward repairing our civic fabric and renewing democracy.

Author : Alan Wolfe
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300126105
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Does American Democracy Still Work? written by Alan Wolfe and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Americans should be concerned about recent changes in their democracy The past few decades have brought a shift in the nature of American democracy--an alarming shift that threatens such liberal democratic values as respect for pluralism, acceptance of the separation of powers, and recognition of the rights of opposition parties. In this insightful book, political scientist Alan Wolfe identifies the current political conditions that endanger the quality of our democracy. He describes how politics has changed, and he calls for a democracy protection movement designed to preserve our political traditions not unlike the environmental protection movement's efforts to safeguard the natural world. Voters who know little about issues, leaders who bend rules with little fear of reprisal, and political parties that are losing the ability to mobilize citizens have all contributed to a worrisome new politics of democracy, Wolfe argues. He offers a brilliant analysis of how religion and morality have replaced political and economic self-interest as guiding principles, and how a dangerous populism promotes a radical form of elitism. Without laying blame on one party or ideology and without claiming that matters will improve with one party or the other in office, Wolfe instead suggests that Americans need to understand the danger their own indifference poses and take political matters more seriously.