The new Federalist papers : essays in defense of the Constitution / Alan Brinkley, Nelson W. Polsby, Kathleen M. Sullivan.
Imprint
New York : Twentieth Century Fund, c1997.
Item Status
Description
xii, 179 p. ; 21 cm.
Note
"A Twentieth Century Fund book."
Contents
The contemporary relevance of The federalist / Kathleen M. Sullivan -- The assault on government ; The challenge to deliberative democracy / Alan Brinkley -- On the distinctiveness of the American political system ; The American party system ; The presidential campaign, British style ; Money in presidential campaigns / Nelson W. Polsby -- Campaign finance reform : a response to Nelson W. Polsby / Alan Brinkley -- What's wrong with constitutional amendments? / Kathleen M. Sullivan -- Term limits / Nelson W. Polsby -- Democracy and the federal budget / Kathleen M. Sullivan -- The item veto / Nelson W. Polsby -- Liberty and community / Alan Brinkley -- Representation of racial minorities ; The balance of power between the federal government and the states / Kathleen M. Sullivan -- Relegitimizing government ; The privitazation of public discourse / Alan Brinkley -- The role of the media in representative government / Kathleen M. Sullivan -- Constitutional angst : does American democracy work? / Nelson W. Polsby.
