Weiner Greg Madison`s Metronome: The Constitution, Majority Rule, and the Tempo of American Politics 9780700628957

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Автор: Weiner Greg
Название: Madison`s Metronome: The Constitution, Majority Rule, and the Tempo of American Politics
ISBN: 9780700628957
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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История Америк

Социальная и политическая философия

Политика и политический строй

Конституция: политический строй и государство

ISBN-10: 0700628959
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 208
Вес: 0.29 кг.
Дата издания: 30.12.2019
Язык: English
Размер: 226 x 150 x 15
Ключевые слова: Constitution: government & the state,Social & political philosophy,History of the Americas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions,PHILOSOPHY / Political,HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Подзаголовок: The constitution, majority rule, and the tempo of american politics
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: In the wake of national crises and sharp shifts in the electorate, new members of Congress march off to Washington full of intense idealism and the desire for instant change—but often lacking in any sense of proportion or patience. This drive for instant political gratification concerned one of the key Founders, James Madison, who accepted the inevitability of majority rule but worried that an inflamed majority might not rule reasonably.Greg Weiner challenges longstanding suppositions that Madison harbored misgivings about majority rule, arguing instead that he viewed constitutional institutions as delaying mechanisms to postpone decisions until after public passions had cooled and reason took hold. In effect, Madison believed that one of the Constitutions primary functions is to act as a metronome, regulating the tempo of American politics.Weiner calls this implicit doctrine temporal republicanism to emphasize both its compatibility with and its contrast to other interpretations of the Founders thought. Like civic republicanism, the temporal variety embodies a Set of values—public-spiritedness, respect for the rights of others-broader than the technical device of majority rule. Exploring this fundamental idea of time-seasoned majority rule across the entire range of Madisons long career, Weiner shows that it did not substantially change over the course of his life. He presents Madisons understanding of internal constitutional checks and his famous extended republic argument as different and complementary mechanisms for improving majority rule by slowing it down, not blocking it. And he reveals that the changes we see in Madisons views of majority rule arise largely from his evolving beliefs about who, exactly, was behaving impulsively—whether abusive majorities in the 1780s, the Adams regime in the 1790s, the nullifiers in the 1820s. Yet there is no evidence that Madisons underlying beliefs about either majority rule or the distorting and transient nature of passions ever swayed.If patience was a fact of life in Madisons day—a time when communication and travel were slow—it surely is much harder to cultivate in the age of the Internet, 24-hour news, and politics based on instant gratification. While many of todays politicians seem to wed supreme impatience with an avowed devotion to original constitutional principles, Madisons Metronome suggests that one of our nations great luminaries would likely view that marriage with caution.
Дополнительное описание: Constitution: government and the state|History of the Americas|Social and political philosophy

Madison`s Metronome: The Constitution, Majority Rule, and the Tempo of American Politics, Weiner Greg