| Description |
vii, 164 pages : 24 cm |
| Summary |
"How do you place the people in charge without creating a democratic tyranny? By the time of the American Revolution, nobody in the history of the world had yet answered this question. In recent years, the Constitution has become a source of political controversy between conservatives and progressives. While the Right defends our founding document, the Left argues that it's an antiquated plan of government that goes against basic principles of democratic sovereignty. Democracy or Republic? The People and the Constitution argues that the Constitution is being misunderstood. Its plan of government is for a republic, not a democracy. In both types of government, the people alone possess sovereignty, but republics go further than this. The point of the Constitution is to ensure that the people rule for the good of all, not just those who happen to make up a majority. Our Constitution does this by promoting consensus. The larger, broader, and more considered a majority is, the more able it is to govern under our system. America, then, is not merely a democracy. It is something greater. It is a republic"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
"Published for the American Enterprise Institute."--Title page. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-150) and index. |
| Contents |
The basics -- A national republic -- Checks and balances -- The lawmaking process -- The necessity of consensus -- Dead-hand control? -- The parties -- The judiciary -- Constitutional virtue. |
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Consensus (Social sciences) -- Political aspects.
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Constitutional law -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Republicanism -- United States.
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Democracy -- Social aspects -- United States.
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United States -- Constitution.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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Constitution (OCoLC)fst01370912
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Constitutional law -- Political aspects
(OCoLC)fst00875823
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Democracy -- Social aspects
(OCoLC)fst00890110
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Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Republicanism (OCoLC)fst01095066
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United States (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Added Author |
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, sponsoring body.
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| Added Title |
People and the Constitution |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Cost, Jay. Democracy or republic? Washington, DC : AEI Press, [2023] 9780844750538 (DLC) 2023035693 |
| ISBN |
9780844750514 (hardcover) |
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0844750514 (hardcover) |
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9780844750521 (paperback) |
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0844750522 (paperback) |
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9780844750538 electronic book |
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