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9780195325270

Republic Divided

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195325270

  • ISBN10:

    0195325273

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-04-16
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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A Republic Divided investigates the health of the five institutions that make up our democracy and addresses such central questions as: How healthy is American democracy? What are some of the greatest threats to its stability and resilience? What are the effects of the recent political polarization of the country? How does the widening gulf between Republicans and Democrats affect the way that our government runs? How are the institutions that make up our democracy perceived by the people they serve? How do the perspectives of institutional "insiders" and the general public differ? What are the possible ramifications of the public's low level of trust in and knowledge about these institutions? How much trust should the public have in the government? How can the separation of powers and the independence of individual senators and representatives-central tenets of the Constitution-remain viable in the future? Book jacket.

Author Biography


The Annenberg Democracy Project includes Joel D. Aberbach, Bruce W. Hardy, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Patrick E. Jamieson, Kevin T. McGuire, Mary McIntosh, Mark A. Peterson, Paul J. Quirk, and Daniel Romer.

Table of Contents

Directory of Contributorsp. vii
Prefacep. xi
Introductionp. xiii
Democratic Citizens
The Role of Public Education in Educating for Democracyp. 3
The Effectiveness of the Press in Serving the Needs of American Democracyp. 21
The Nexus Between the Public and Government
Understanding the Public's Relationship to Governmentp. 55
Democratic Government
The Three Branches of Government: Powers, Relationships, and Checksp. 91
The Legislative Branch: Assessing the Partisan Congressp. 121
The Executive Branch in Red and Bluep. 157
The Judicial Branch: Judging America's Judgesp. 194
The Three Branches of Government: Comparative Trust and Performancep. 214
Conclusionp. 233
Appendixp. 243
Indexp. 249
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