Bruce Ackerman

Broschiertes Buch

Decline and Fall of the American Republic

Beschreibung

Bruce Ackerman shows how the institutional dynamics of the last half-century have transformed the American presidency into a potential platform for political extremism, and proposes a series of reforms that will minimize, if not eliminate, the risks going forward.

Autor

Bruce Ackerman is Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and the award-winning author of eighteen books, including Social Justice in the Liberal State and his multivolume constitutional history We the People. His book The Stakeholder Society (written with Anne Alstott) served as a basis for Tony Blair¿s introduction of child investment accounts in the United Kingdom. He contributes frequently to the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. Ackerman is a member of the American Law Institute and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the recipient of the American Philosophical Society¿s Henry M. Phillips Prize for lifetime achievement in jurisprudence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 264g
• ISBN-13: 9780674725843
• ISBN-10: 0674725840
• Artikelnr.: 38029959