How democratic is the American Constitution? /
Robert A. Dahl.
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.
- x, 198 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- The Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-190) and index.
Introduction: fundamental questions -- What the framers couldn't know -- The constitution as a model: an American illusion -- Electing the president -- How well does the constitutional system perform? -- Why not a more democratic constitution? -- Some reflections on the prospects for a more democratic constitution.
0300092180 (cloth : alk. paper)
2001004323
Constitutional law--United States. Constitutional history--United States. Democracy.