Congress and the People
Subtitle: Deliberative Democracy on Trial (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: March 24, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780801863073
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Central government; Constitution: government & the state; Political structures: democracy; 20th century; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Reform; U.S. Congress (General); Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Government - U.S. Government; History: American; USA; Government - Legislative Branch; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Political Science / Government / General; Congress; Democracy; History; United States; United States.
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.