What would Madison do? : the Father of the Constitution meets modern American politics / / Benjamin Wittes and Pietro S. Nivola, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : Brookings Institution Press, , 2015; 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.51092
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government Philosophy
• Persona (resp. second.): WittesBenjamin; NivolaPietro S.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: What would Madison do
• ISBN: 0-8157-2658-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797533403321
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