The founding fathers v. the people
Subtitle: paradoxes of American democracy
By: Anthony King
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780674045736; 9780674062597
Subjects: Politics and government; Constitutional history; Philosophy; Democracy; Separation of powers
Other titles: Founding fathers versus the people
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: An assortment of puzzles; title: Who-and what-were "the people"?; title: The people in the house of power; title: The exaltation of the people; title: The people move upstairs; title: Two tectonic plates, two nostalgias; title: An assortment of solutions; title: Democracy in America.