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The Decline And Fall Of The American Republic (The Tanner Lectures On Human Values),New
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Bruce Ackerman Shows How The Institutional Dynamics Of The Last Halfcentury Have Transformed The American Presidency Into A Potential Platform For Political Extremism And Lawlessness. Watergate, Irancontra, And The War On Terror Are Only Symptoms Of Deeper Pathologies. Ackerman Points To A Series Of Developments That Have Previously Been Treated Independently Of One Anotherfrom The Rise Of Presidential Primaries, To The Role Of Pollsters And Media Gurus, To The Centralization Of Power In White House Czars, To The Politicization Of The Military, To The Manipulation Of Constitutional Doctrine To Justify Presidential Powergrabs. He Shows How These Different Transformations Can Interact To Generate Profound Constitutional Crises In The Twentyfirst Centuryand Then Proposes A Series Of Reforms That Will Minimize, If Not Eliminate, The Risks Going Forward.The Book Aims To Begin A New Constitutional Debate. Americans Should Not Suppose That Barack Obamas Centrism And Constitutionalism Will Typify The Presidencies Of The Twentyfirst Century. We Should Seize The Present Opportunity To Confront Deeper Institutional Pathologies Before It Is Too Late.
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