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Autore |
Ackerman Bruce A |
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Titolo |
The decline and fall of the American republic / / Bruce Ackerman |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Tanner lectures on human values |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Presidents - United States |
Executive power - United States |
Constitutional history - United States |
United States Politics and government 1945-1989 |
United States Politics and government 1989- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Triumphalism -- The most dangerous branch -- An extremist presidency -- The politicized military -- The question of legitimacy -- Three crises -- Executive constitutionalism -- Reconstruction -- Enlightening politics -- Restoring the rule of law -- Living dangerously. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Bruce Ackerman shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half-century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political extremism, and proposes a series of reforms that will minimize, if not eliminate, the risks going forward. |
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