The decline and fall of the American republic / / Bruce Ackerman
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 270 p |
| Disciplina: | 320.973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Presidents - United States |
| Executive power - United States | |
| Constitutional history - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 1945-1989 |
| United States Politics and government 1989- | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The decline and fall of the American republic |
| ISBN: | 9780674058392 |
| 0674058399 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910967775903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Tanner lectures on human values (Cambridge, Mass.)