The democratic wish
Subtitle: popular participation and the limits of American government
By: James A. Morone.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Political participation -- United States -- History.; Bureaucracy -- United States -- History.
Description: This book reinterprets more than 200 years of American political history as the interplay between the public's dread of government power and its yearning for communal democracy. James Morone argues that Americans will never solve their collective problems as long as they instinctively fear all public power as a threat to liberty. This revised edition includes a new final chapter about contemporary populism, government bashing, and democratic wishes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-390) and index.