What Would Madison Do? [[electronic resource] ] : The Father of the Constitution Meets Modern American Politics

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461667403321
• Autore: Wittes Benjamin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington DC, : Brookings Institution Press, 2015
• ISBN: 0-8157-2658-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): NivolaPietro S
• Soggetti: Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; One - Introduction: Perspectives on Madisons Legacy for Contemporary American Politics; Part I - An Outmoded Model?; Two - Mr. Madisons Communion Suit: Implementation-Group Liberalism and the Case for Constitutional Reform; Three - Constitutional Surprises: What James Madison Got Wrong; Four - Overcoming the Great Recession: How Madisons Horse and Buggy Managed; Five - Gridlock and the Madisonian Constitution; Six - Rescuing Compromise; Part II - What Might Madison Say?; Seven - A Model for Deliberation or Obstruction: Madisons Thoughts about the SenateEight - On the Mutability of American Laws; Nine - James Madison and the Character of American Education; Ten - Courting Public Opinion: James Madisons Strategy for Resisting Federal Usurpations; Eleven - Madisons Vacillationsand Modern Americas: Seeing a Founder, An Opposition Leader, A Muddle-Through Executive, And a Wartime President in Contemporary American Security Anxieties; Contributors; Index; Back Cover