About this title: In this provocative work, an American political scientist poses the question, "Why should we uphold our constitution?". The vast majority of Americans venerate the American Constitution and the principles it embodies, but many also worry that the United States has fallen behind other nations on crucial democratic issues, including economic equality, racial integration and women's rights. Robert Dahl explores the vital tension between the Americans' belief in the legitimacy of their constitution and their belief in the principles of democracy. Dahl starts with the assumption that the ...
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Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300092189ISBN:0300092180
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300092189ISBN:0300092180
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex) Library Copy. Moderate wear on DJ/Interior Pages. Usual library markings. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 208 p. Castle Lectures in Ethics, Politics, & Economics (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300092189ISBN:0300092180
Description: Fair in very good dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription inside cover with whiteout covering name, minor wear. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 208 p. Castle Lectures in Ethics, Politics, & Economics (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780300092189ISBN:0300092180
Description: Very Good in Very Good- jacket. 0300092180 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall There is a full page book plate on the FFE which is a Yale Book Award presentation which is filled out in ink. read more
Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300092189ISBN:0300092180
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 208 p. Castle Lectures in Ethics, Politics, & Economics (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven & London
Date published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300092189ISBN:0300092180
Description: Fine/Fine. 0-300-09218-0 Pencil markings to text; spine is slightly cocked. Third printing. read more
Edition: Third Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Yale Univ. Press, New Haven
Date published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300092189ISBN:0300092180
Description: As New. "In this provocative book, one of our most eminent political scientists poses the question, "Why should we uphold our Constitution? " [from the jacket]. Includes tables, notes, index, and bibliographical references. read more
Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven
Date published: c2001
ISBN-13:9780300092189ISBN:0300092180
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Ex-Library. spine label; library stamps; library markings; book pocket; barcode inside front cover. The Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics; Castle lectures...Unknown printing. (cloth: alk. paper) x, 198 p. : ill.; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-190) and index. Introduction: fundamental questions--What the framers couldn't know--The constitution as a model: an American illusion--Electing the president--How well does the constitutional ... read more
Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press:
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780300092189ISBN:0300092180
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 198 pages. "Dahl explores the vital tension between the beliefs of Americans and their belief in the principles of democracy. " FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET. read more
Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr, Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Date published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300092189ISBN:0300092180
Description: New. 0300092180. BRAND NEW, FLAWLESS COPY, NEVER OPENED-224 pp. 2 graphs--Publishers Weekly: In this slim, accessible volume, Yale political science professor emeritus Dahl (On Democracy) takes a critical look at our Constitution and why we continue to uphold it, though it is "a document produced more than two centuries ago by a group of fifty-five mortal men, actually signed by only thirty-nine, and adopted in only thirteen states. " As an instrument for truly democratic government, Dahl ... read more
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300092189ISBN:0300092180
Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners, and may have creases. Spine has wear at edges and may have creases. read more
Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Hb.
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven and London
Date published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300092189ISBN:0300092180
Description: VG. No DJ. 198 pages, notes, index, spine and board extremities have light wear, former owner's inscription in ink on front fly-leaf. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr, New Haven and London
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780300092189ISBN:0300092180
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 198 pp. 8vo. Quarter cloth in dustjacket. First edition. Light wear to jacket. Book in great condition, slight wear to edges. Interior pristine. read more
Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, CT
Date published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780300092189ISBN:0300092180
Description: New in new dust jacket. Gift Quality. Brand New. Fast Arrival. Collectible. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 208 p. Castle Lectures in Ethics, Politics, & Economics (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. Gift Quality. Brand New. Fast Arrival. Collectible. read more
"For those that have studied their American history, the answer is quite simple: not very democratic at all. Nothing all that shocking or implausible about any individual observations or insights made herein, but a good confluence of all of the "little things" that make this a much more "republican", i.e. REPRESENTATIVE form of government, than it is a democratic one predicated on direct and informed involvement by its citizens."
"A really clear review of the problematics inherent in the kind of idol worship that's gone on with the American constitution. Not nearly as obnoxious as the title would have you believe."
"Dahl makes a solid case for a thorough overhaul of our constitution. But it won't happen. And the changes that will be made over the next quarter century will be through judical review by an over-represented conservative supreme court. Yes, this book is historically imformative, and eye-opening to some processes we may be ill-informed about, but it doesn't take a tenured Yale professor to figure out why the electoral college is undemocratic. I was thirsting for some solutions, and my mouth is still dry..."
"This is a short, critical, easy-to-read look at the American Constitution. It focuses on the political inequality inherent in both the American system and constitution. Nice to read such a well-written book as part of a course... it's certainly more of a "popular" account as it is written in a way that is probably accessible to the "average citizen" and not just academics in their ivory towers."
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