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Bruce Ackerman shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half-century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political extremism and lawlessness. Watergate, Iran-Contra, and the War on Terror are only symptoms of deeper pathologies. Ackerman points to a series of developments that have previously been treated independently of one another--from the rise of presidential primaries, to the role of pollsters and media gurus, to the centralization of power in White House czars, to the politicization of the military, to the manipulation of constitutional doctrine to justify presidential power-grabs. He shows how these different transformations can interact to generate profound constitutional crises in the twenty-first century--and then proposes a series of reforms that will minimize, if not eliminate, the risks going forward. The book aims to begin a new constitutional debate. Americans should not suppose that Barack Obama's centrism and constitutionalism will typify the presidencies of the twenty-first century. We should seize the present opportunity to confront deeper institutional pathologies before it is too late.

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Harvard University Press
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0674725840
ISBN-13
9780674725843
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Author
Bruce Ackerman
Publication Name
Decline and Fall of the American Republic
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
The Tanner Lectures on Human Values Ser.
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
280 Pages

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Item Weight
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6
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Jk516.A38 2013
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The nature of the power embodied in the U.S. presidency has evolved over the years, and if Bruce Ackerman 's The Decline and Fall of the American Republic is right, the results of that evolution are unfortunate. The contemporary view that tends to see the president as the center of our country's government and the locus of its political power is something new and quite different from what was intended by the founders. Ackerman, a professor of law and political science at Yale who has written more than a dozen books on American politics, makes clear that his fear is not that the nation is in imminent danger of ceasing to exist as a country. What seems more likely is that its distinctively republican form of government could be lost, crushed under the weight of an unbalanced political structure. In particular, Ackerman worries that the office of the presidency will continue to grow in political influence in the coming years, opening possibilities for abuse of power if not outright despotism.
Copyright Date
2013
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Government / Federal, Constitutions, History & Theory, Presidents & Heads of State, American Government / General, American Government / Executive Branch, United States / General
Dewey Decimal
320.973
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Law, History, Political Science

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