02960cam a2200385 i 4500 127613 BJBSDDR 20250709135358.0 ta 160513s2017 mau b 001 0 eng c 2016020796 9780674971455 (alk. paper) 0674971450 (alk. paper) eng DLC eng JC 421 M913d 2017 Moss, David A., 1964- 42351 Democracy : a case study / David A. Moss. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017 viii, 773 pages ; 25 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: E pluribus unum -- James Madison, the 'federal negative,' and the making of the U.S. Constitution -- Battle over a bank: defining the limits of federal power under a new constitution (1787-1791) -- Democracy, sovereignty, and the struggle over Cherokee removal -- Banking and politics in antebellum New York -- Property, suffrage, and the "right of revolution" in Rhode Island -- Debt and democracy: the New York Constitutional Convention of 1846 -- The struggle over public education in early America -- A nation divided: the United States and the challenge of secession -- Race, justice, and the jury system in postbellum Virginia -- Labor, capital, and government: the anthracite coal strike of 1902 -- An Australian ballot for California? -- The jungle and the debate over federal meat inspection in 1906 -- Direct democracy or directed democracy?: the battle over the initiative and referendum in Massachusetts -- Regulating radio in the age of broadcasting -- The Pecora hearings (1932-34) -- Martin Luther King and the struggle for black voting rights -- Democracy and women's rights in America: the fight over the ERA -- Leadership and independence at the Federal Reserve (2007-2009) -- Citizens United and corporate speech. Historian David Moss adapts the case study method made famous by Harvard Business School to revitalize our conversations about governance and democracy and show how the United States has often thrived on political conflict. These 19 cases ask us to weigh choices and consequences, wrestle with momentous decisions, and come to our own conclusions.-- Provided by publisher Democracy United States History Case studies. Social conflict Political aspects United States Case studies. Democracia Historia Estados Unidos Estudios de Casos 627 Conflicto social Aspectos políticos Estados Unidos Estudios de Casos. 43286 United States Politics and government Case studies. Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 2191 lcc BK SH 54544 54544 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 0 JC 421 M913d 2017 00000122103 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 BK