Congress and the People
Subtitle: Deliberative Democracy on Trial (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 27, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780801867262
Subjects: American history; Political structures: democracy; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - Legislative Branch; Government - U.S. Government; History & Theory - General; Political Science / Government / General
First sentence: PERHAPS no other figure from the Revolutionary War era more embodies the democratic impulse for limited government and individual rights than Thomas Jefferson.