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To all who say our democracy is broken--riven by partisanship, undermined by extremism, corrupted by wealth--history offers hope. Democracy's nineteen cases, honed in David Moss's popular course at Harvard and taught at the Library of Congress, in state capitols, and at hundreds of high schools across the country, take us from Alexander Hamilton's debates in the run up to the Constitutional Convention to Citizens United. Each one presents a pivotal moment in U.S. history and raises questions facing key decision makers at the time: Should the delegates support Madison's proposal for a congressional veto over state laws? Should President Lincoln resupply Fort Sumter? Should Florida lawmakers approve or reject the Equal Rights Amendment? Should corporations have a right to free speech? Moss invites us to engage in the passionate debates that are crucial to a health society. --
Democracy --- Social conflict --- United States
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"After two generations of emphasis on governmental inefficiency and the need for deregulation, we now see growing interest in the possibility of constructive governance, alongside public calls for new, smarter regulation. Yet there is a real danger that regulatory reforms will be rooted in outdated ideas. As the financial crisis has shown, neither traditional market failure models nor public choice theory, by themselves, sufficiently inform or explain our current regulatory challenges. Regulatory studies, long neglected in an atmosphere focused on deregulatory work, is in critical need of new models and theories that can guide effective policy-making"--Provided by publisher.
Trade regulation. --- Industrial policy. --- AA / International- internationaal --- 321.2 --- 331.33 --- 333.139.2 --- Economisch beleid van de overheid. --- Structureel beleid. Reglementering. Dereglementering. Ordnungspolitik. --- Bankcontrole en -reglementering. Reglementering van het bankberoep. --- Trade regulation --- Industrial policy --- -381.301 --- Business --- Industries --- Industry and state --- Economic policy --- Regulation of trade --- Regulatory reform --- Commercial law --- Consumer protection --- Deregulation --- Electronic information resources. --- Electronic information resources --- Government policy --- Law and legislation --- E-books --- Economisch beleid van de overheid --- Structureel beleid. Reglementering. Dereglementering. Ordnungspolitik --- Bankcontrole en -reglementering. Reglementering van het bankberoep --- Business, Economy and Management --- Economics --- Regulation
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When regulations (or lack thereof) seem to detract from the common good, critics often point to regulatory capture as a culprit. In some academic and policy circles it seems to have assumed the status of an immutable law. Yet for all the ink spilled describing and decrying capture, the concept remains difficult to nail down in practice. Is capture truly as powerful and unpreventable as the informed consensus seems to suggest? This edited volume brings together seventeen scholars from across the social sciences to address this question. Their work shows that capture is often misdiagnosed and may in fact be preventable and manageable. Focusing on the goal of prevention, the volume advances a more rigorous and empirical standard for diagnosing and measuring capture, paving the way for new lines of academic inquiry and more precise and nuanced reform.
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"Democracy is often described in two opposite ways, as either wonderfully resilient or dangerously fragile. Curiously, both characterizations can be correct, depending on the context. In a relatively small number of countries, democracy has survived numerous shocks across many generations, while in others it has faltered or collapsed, whether after just a short time or a long period of apparent strength. Some broken democracies have reconstituted themselves as democracies once again, while others have notably failed to do so"--
Democracy --- Social conflict --- World politics --- Democratization
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