The Path of American Public Policy: Comparative Perspectives

by Anne Marie Cammisa and Paul Christopher Manuel

Book Overview

Among all the worlds' democracies, the American system of government is perhaps the most self-conscious about preventing majority tyranny. The American constitutional system is predicated on an inherent ideational and institutional tension dating back to the foundation of the nation in the eighteenth century, which constrains innovative policy development. Namely, the framers designed a system that simultaneously seeks to protect the rights of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739186612
• ISBN13: 9780739186619
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 4.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"