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OverviewIn an engaging and eye-opening mix of democratic thought and current issues, Hudson's provocative and popular text raises fundamentally important questions: does our national security state threaten the very democratic rights it is defending? Does the expansion of judicial power constitute a challenge to our democracy? Does the privileged position of business undermine democratic politics? In the wake of 9/11, the collapse of Enron and Worldcom, and the Supreme Court's controversial involvement in the 2000 presidential election, Hudson focuses on eight challenges to American democracy to provide not only balanced, clear-sighted recommendations for reform, but to emphasize that the strength of our political system rests on our ability to respond successfully to these pressing issues. Full Product DetailsAuthor: William HudsonPublisher: SAGE Publications Inc Imprint: CQ Press Edition: 4th Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.535kg ISBN: 9781568029085ISBN 10: 156802908 Pages: 388 Publication Date: 31 December 2003 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsTable of Contents Tables and Figures Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Models of Democracy Precursors to Modern Democratic Theory Protective Democracy Developmental Democracy Pluralist Democracy Participatory DemocracyThe Models Compared1. The First Challenge: Separation of PowersThe Founders' WorkThe Jeffersonian ModelThe Separation of Powers and Democratic ValuesThe Parliamentary Alternative Meeting the Challenge: Bridging the Separation of Powers2. The Second Challenge: The Imperial Judiciary.The Least Democratic BranchA Brief History of Judicial ReviewTwo Cases of Judicial UsurpationCan Judicial Review Be Made Consistent with Democracy?The Judicialization of American Politics as a Challenge to Democracy Meeting the Challenge: Revitalizing American Democracy3. The Third Challenge: Radical Individualism Sources of American Individualism American Habits of the Heart The Flaws of Libertarianism Our Pathological Politics of Rights and Interests Meeting the Challenge: Forging a More Communitarian Spirit after 9/114. The Fourth Challenge: Citizen Participation Citizen Participation and Democratic TheoryCitizen Participation in the United States Participation as a Challenge to Democracy Meeting the Challenge: More, Not Less, Participation5. The Fifth Challenge: Trivialized ElectionsEqual Representation Deliberation ControlMeeting the Challenge: Reform Electoral Institutions. Promote Democratic Deliberation6. The Sixth Challenge: The Privileged Position of Business American Politics as Pluralist HeavenBusiness: The Privileged Group Why Business Privilege Is a Threat to Democracy Objections to the Privileged-Position-of-Business ThesisMeeting the Challenge: Democratic Action to Reduce Business Privilege 7. The Seventh Challenge: Inequality Equality and Democratic TheoryThe End of the American Dream?The Presistence of Racial Inequality Inequality and Democracy Meeting the Challenge: Policies to Promote Equality8. The Eighth Challenge: The National Security StateA Brief History of the National Security State Secrecy Centralization Repression Distortion Meeting the Challenge: Reform to Achieve True Security Notes IndexReviewsAuthor InformationWilliam E. Hudson is professor of political science at Providence College. He is also the author (with Richard Battistoni) of Experiencing Citizenship: Concepts and Models of Service-learning in Political Science (1997, American Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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