Losing Balance: De-Democratization of America: De-Democratization of America

by Kreml,William P.

• ISBN13: 9780873328463
• ISBN10: 0873328469
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-02-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

It is increasingly evident that the American political system is not working well. Determining precisely where the problem lies--and what the solution is--remains the subject of intense speculation and debate. In this book, Professor William P. Kreml discusses the structural imbalances that he believes are undermining American government. Professor Kreml, who is a political activist as well as a scholar, argues that the fundamental preconstitutional balances--private/public, legal/political, majoritarian/antimajoritarian, and centrifugal/centripetal--that have functioned well throughout most of American history have in recent years been subverted. Professor Kreml analyzes this "de-democratization of America" and points the way to reform.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Jefferson and the Generations	p. 3
Private and Public Domains	p. 15
The Washington Beltway	p. 29
The Lawyer-Lobbyist	p. 43
The Elections Industry	p. 53
The Levels of Government	p. 65
America's Political Parties	p. 75
Congress	p. 89
The Chief Executive	p. 103
A New World	p. 115
The National Press	p. 123
The Academy	p. 131
Remedies	p. 139
Jefferson's and Lincoln's Lessons	p. 153
Index	p. 161
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