The founding fathers v. the people paradoxes of American democracy / [electronic resource] :
Founding fathers versus the people
Anthony King.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
- xii, 242 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- An assortment of puzzles -- Who-and what-were "the people"? -- The people in the house of power -- The exaltation of the people -- The people move upstairs -- Two tectonic plates, two nostalgias -- An assortment of solutions -- Democracy in America.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Democracy--United States. Separation of powers--United States. Constitutional history--United States.
United States--Politics and government. United States--Politics and government--Philosophy.