Senators Beholden To The People
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Senators Beholden to the People
Author | : Richard Lawrence Miller |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 131 |
Release | : 2023-11-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781476650906 |
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The American Republic's founders debated whether to have a government based on direct democracy (in which the general population decided public policy questions, as in a New England town meeting) or representative democracy (in which those decisions were made by senators and congressmen on behalf of the general population). A related issue was whether the general population should have the "right of instruction" which gave citizens authority to expel from office government officials who disobeyed the desires of the population. The right of instruction is now largely forgotten but in former times was considered so important that it was routinely included in state constitutions. This book examines the competition between direct democracy and representative democracy in the United States, focusing particularly on the doctrine of instruction, through the lens of the pre-presidential career of Abraham Lincoln.
Political Illiberalism
Author | : Peter L.P. Simpson |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2017-09-08 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781351498906 |
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This book deconstructs the story of liberalism that John Rawls, author of Political Liberalism, and many others have put forward. Peter L.P. Simpson argues that political liberalism is despotic because it denies to politics a concern with the comprehensive human good; political illiberalism overcomes this despotism and restores genuine freedom. In Political Illiberalism, Simpson provides a detailed account of these political phenomena and presents a political theory opposed to that of Rawls and other proponents of modern liberalism. Simpson analyses and confronts the assumptions of this liberalism by challenging its view of liberty and especially its cornerstone that politics should not be about the comprehensive good. He presents the fundamentals of the idea of a truer liberalism as derived from human nature, with particular attention to the role and power of religion, using the political thought of Aristotle, the founding fathers of the United States, thinkers of the Roman Empire, and contemporary practice. Political Illiberalism concludes with reflections on morals in the political context of the comprehensive good. Simpson views the modern state as despotically authoritarian; consequently, seeking liberty within it is illusory. Human politics requires devolution of authority to local communities, on the one hand, and a proper distinction between spiritual and temporal powers, on the other. This thought-provoking work is essential for all political scientists and philosophy scholars.
Debates of the Senate Official Report Hansard
Author | : Canada. Parliament. Senate |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 606 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Canada |
ISBN | : OSU:32435070629316 |
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Hearings Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 758 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Legislative hearings |
ISBN | : UCAL:B3566433 |
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Public Financing of Federal Elections
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration. Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 646 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Campaign funds |
ISBN | : SRLF:A0000450601 |
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Hearings Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Public Works
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1120 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Legislative hearings |
ISBN | : UCAL:B3603525 |
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Senate documents
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 836 |
Release | : 1875 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : BSB:BSB11312774 |
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Hearings Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Commerce
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1666 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Legislative hearings |
ISBN | : UCAL:B3564658 |
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