What if the American political system were different? /

Other Authors: Levine, Herbert M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1992.
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245 |a What if the American political system were different? /  |c Herbert M.Levine ... [et al.]. 
260 |a Armonk, N.Y. :  |b M.E. Sharpe,  |c c1992. 
300 |a xx, 284 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 |a Introduction / Herbert M. Levine -- 1. What If There Were No WrittenConstitution and Bill of Rights? / Neil B. Cohen. What is aconstitution? A brief tour of the United States Constitution. What ifwe had no written constitution? -- 2. What If There Were a UnitaryRather Than a Federal System? / Thomas H. Ferrell. Federal and unitarysystems. The American federal system. Truly United States: An AmericanUnitary System -- 3. What If There Were Three Major Parties? / John J.Pitney, Jr. Political parties in America. Constraints on third parties.A third-party breakthrough. Alternative views -- 4. What If There WereNo Television? / Herbert M. Levine. Political behavior. Governmentalinstitutions. Public policy -- 5. What If There Were a ParliamentarySystem? / Joy E. Esberey. The Westminster model. The political process.Public policy -- 6. What If There Were No Judicial Review? / Neil B.Cohen. The idea of a written constitution. Who decides what theConstitution means? 
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