The Founding of the Democratic Republic

The Founding of the Democratic Republic
Author: Martin Diamond
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1981
Genre: Education
ISBN:

A reprint of four chapters by Martin Diamond from THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (Diamond, Garfinkel, and Fisk), this book provides a more complete view of our political foundations than can be found in contemporary American government textbooks.

America's Democratic Republic

America's Democratic Republic
Author: Edward S. Greenberg
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Democracy
ISBN: 9780205806744

Updated in a new 4th edition, America's Democratic Republic is a brief, affordable book in an accessible trade-like format that explores the clash between the democratic aspirations of the American people and the republican foundations of our Constitution. Written with a lively, narrative style, this text traces the storyline of American government and focuses on the long standing and inescapable tension between the country's 18th Century republican Constitutional foundations and the democratic aspirations of the American people.

The Struggle for Democracy

The Struggle for Democracy
Author: Edward S. Greenberg
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers
Total Pages: 872
Release: 1995
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

An undergraduate text in American government and politics, asking students to critically assess the quality of democracy in the US against an evaluative standard provided by the authors, and presenting a simple analytical framework to help readers understand how the elements of the political system interact. Covers traditional topics, as well as structural factors such as the free enterprise system and the nature of US society. Includes opening vignettes, comparative materials, key terms, and features on political struggles and film and politics, plus appendices of historical documents. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR