The Future of American Democratic Politics: Principles and Practices

Published by Rutgers University Press 2003

The Future of American Democratic Politics

Principles and Practices

Edited by: Gerald Pomper and Marc D. Weiner
With contributions by: Wilson McWilliams , Gordon Schochet , Jane Junn , Nelson Polsby , Jennifer Hochschild , John Hansen , Daniel Tichenor , Milton Heumann , Elizabeth Garrett , William Crotty , Alan Rosenthal and Nancy J. Hirschmann

https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813559223

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About this book

In this book, fifteen major scholars assess the current state of American democracy, offering a spirited dialogue on the future of democratic politics. Contributors focus on three principles fundamental to democracyequality, liberty, and participation. They examine these principles within the context of the basic institutions of American democracy: Congress and the state legislatures, the president, political parties, interest groups, and the Supreme Court. They raise questions regarding the checks and balances among formal governmental institutions as well as the role of political parties and interest groups.

Topics discussed include the incomplete mobilization of the electorate, the debates over campaign finance reform and term limits, the Supreme Courts activist role in the Florida recount, the dangers of teledemocracy and state initiatives, the separation of political participation from residential location, "identity politics," the clash of "negative" and "positive" liberty, and the prospects for personal freedom in an era of terrorist threats.

This timely collection covers the issues relevant to the future of American democracy today not only for lawmakers, students, and historians, but for any concerned citizen.

Author / Editor information

Gerald M. Pomper, Board of Governors Professor of Political Science at Rutgers (Emeritus), is the former director of the Walt Whitman Center. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including The Political State of New Jersey (Rutgers University Press), The Election of 2000: Reports and Interpretations, and Ordinary Heroes and American Democracy (forthcoming).

Marc D. Weiner is the assistant director of the Princeton University Survey Research Center and a doctoral candidate in American politics at Rutgers. Contributors are drawn from major universities throughout the nation, including Chicago, California, Harvard, Northeastern, Pennsylvania, Rutgers, and Southern California.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: A Dialogue on American Democratic Politics Gerald M. Pomper and Marc D. Weiner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. The Fundamental American Political Principles
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Chapter 1. Pluralism, Identity Politics, and Coalitions: Toward Madisonian Constitutionalism Jennifer L. Hochschild Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Chapter 2. Equality’s Troubles: Madison in Modern America Wilson Carey Mcwilliams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Chapter 3. The Majoritarian Impulse and the Declining Significance of Place John Mark Hansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Chapter 4. The Future of Democratic Participation: The Significance of Immigration, Race, and Class Jane Junn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Chapter 5. The Future of Liberty in American Democratic Politics? Or the Future of Democracy for the Politics of Liberty? Nancy J. Hirschmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Chapter 6. The Rhetoric of Democratic Liberty Gordon Schochet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Part II. The Practices of American Democratic Institutions
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Chapter 7. The Future of Legislatures in Democratic Politics Nelson W. Polsby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Chapter 8. Legislative Politics: Institutional Democracy and Public Disaffection Alan Rosenthal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
Chapter 9. The Impact of Bush v. Gore on Future Democratic Politics Elizabeth Garrett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Chapter 10. The Supreme Court and Bush v. Gore: Resolving Electoral Disputes in a Democracy Milton Heumann and Lance Cassak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Chapter 11. Democratic Ends and Political Parties in America William Crotty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Chapter 12. Contentious Democracy: Presidential-Interest Group Relations in a Madisonian System Daniel J. Tichenor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Conclusion: Perspectives on the Future of American Democratic Politics Marc D. Weiner and Gerald M. Pomper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271

Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
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Published: July 21, 2003
ISBN: 9780813559223