Checks and balances? : how a parliamentary system could change American politics / Paul Manuel and Anne Marie Cammisa.
This book applies the broader debate in the field of political science over the advantages of a parliamentary system to the case of the United States. It asks whether it is better for a democracy to function under a parliamentary or presidential system. Using the example of a parliamentary alternati...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction to the Dilemma; Why Does American Government Appear So Unresponsive?; The Dilemma: Majority Rule Versus Minority Rights; A Solution to the Dilemma? Enabling Majority Rule; Misperceptions About Democracy; Conclusion: The Misperceptions Reconsidered in Light of the Dilemma; Structure of the Remainder of the Book; Notes; 2 Why American Government Operates Under Checks and Balances, and British Government Does Not: A Brief Comparative History.
- Comparing Political Development in Great Britain and the United StatesThe Evolution of the British Parliament; Key Institutional Features of British Democracy; The Creation of the American Presidential System; Key Institutional Features of American Democracy; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Welcome to the World of Checks and Balances: A Legislative History of the 1994 Republican Contract with America; Introduction to the 104th Congress; Background: Where Did the Contract Come From?; The Contract with America; The First Hundred Days of the 104th Congress.
- Constitutional Limitations on Passage of the ContractConclusion: How the Constitutional System of Checks and Balances Makes the American Congress Function Differently than the British Parliament; Notes; 4 What If American Democracy Functioned Without Checks and Balances?; How a British-Style Parliamentary System Could Change American Politics; How American Political Development Could Have Been Different; How Selected Election Outcomes May Have Been Different; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Some Ideas for the Reform of American Democracy; The Problem Restated; Some Possible Solutions?
- Conclusion: Revisiting the Constitutional ConventionNotes; Discussion Questions; Appendixes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.