Representation in Crisis: The Constitution, Interest Groups, and Political Parties (Suny Series in Political Party Development) - Couverture souple

Ryden, David K.

 
9780791430583: Representation in Crisis: The Constitution, Interest Groups, and Political Parties (Suny Series in Political Party Development)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0791430588 ISBN 13 : 9780791430583
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1996

Synopsis

Details how the Supreme Court has impoverished the constitutional standing of political parties, thereby contributing to a crisis of representation.

Confronting a fundamentally important but often neglected reality in American politics, this book shows the powerful influence of the courts in determining the shape and operation of our politics. The author exhaustively details how the Supreme Court has impoverished the constitutional standing of political parties in areas of redistricting, campaign finance, ballot access, patronage, and party primaries, opting instead for superficially appealing notions of group-based representation.

Ryden demonstrates how the Supreme Court, by checking virtually everything undertaken by the more "political" branches, of government, has exerted powerful influence on how the political system operates and how politics plays out at the most practical level. The book details the Court's attraction to group-based approaches to representation currently in vogue and offers persuasive evidence that while well-intended, such approaches only feed the crisis of representation afflicting this country. These approaches, Ryden aruges, compartmentalize and separate out those being represented rather than cultivate a more unified, inclusive, and ultimately healthier scheme of representation. This compelling indictment of the Supreme Court's constitutional theory of representation offers a much-needed prescription for how the Court might better perform its role as ultimate guardian of representative government.

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À propos de l'auteur

David K. Ryden is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Hope College.

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Éditeur
State University of New York Press
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0791430588
ISBN 13 
9780791430583
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
326
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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9780791430576: Representation in Crisis: The Constitution, Interest Groups, and Political Parties

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  079143057X ISBN 13 :  9780791430576
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1996
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