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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Table of Contents:
  • 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?