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Overview"According to the media, the 2000 election debacle was a once-in-a-century fluke. But, in this riveting new polemic, political analyst Daniel Lazare argues that such events are increasingly likely to become the rule rather than the exception. After more than two hundred years, America's antiquated government is in a state of chronic breakdown. A constitutional overhaul is urgently needed to update the machinery in line with the needs of modern democracy. With an amending clause that requires approval by two-thirds of Congress and three-quarters of the states, such change is extremely difficult to achieve. As a result, the United States has entered the twenty-first century with an eighteenth-century government. Not only will breakdowns like the one that occurred last November grow more frequent, they will grow more serious as well. Lazare contends that nothing less than a democratic revolution is needed to rescue American politics from growing paralysis and decay. A constitution supposedly drawn up by ""we the people"" that cannot be amended by the people is patently absurd. A new arrangement for governments is required, one which abolishes such pre-democratic vestiges as the electoral college, equal representation in the Senate for all states regardless of size, and an all-powerful Supreme Court. Only when these shackles from the past are broken can the American public assert effective control over their government." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel LazarePublisher: Verso Books Imprint: Verso Books Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.313kg ISBN: 9781859846339ISBN 10: 1859846335 Pages: 152 Publication Date: 17 October 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA brilliant overview of our rotted constitution ... Full of intriguing fumigatory notions. - Gore Vidal A provocative and thoughtful analysis, not just of the absurdities of our last Presidential election, but of the nation's constitutional system. - Howard Zinn His knowledge of American history is as persuasive as his wit. -- New York Times Book Review As smart as a whip. - Baltimore Sun A brilliant overview of our rotted constitution ... Full of intriguing fumigatory notions. -- Gore Vidal A provocative and thoughtful analysis, not just of the absurdities of our last Presidential election, but of the nation's constitutional system. -- Howard Zinn As smart as a whip. * Baltimore Sun * His knowledge of American history is as persuasive as his wit. * New York Times Book Review * Author InformationDaniel Lazare has written for a range of publications from the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times to The Village Voice, Harper's, Dissent, Le Monde diplomatique, and New Left Review. He is the author of The Frozen Republic and America's Undeclared War. He lives in Manhattan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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