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040 _beng
_cDLC
041 _aeng
050 1 4 _aJC 421
_bM913d 2017
100 1 _aMoss, David A.,
_d1964-
_942351
245 1 0 _aDemocracy :
_ba case study /
_cDavid A. Moss.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts ;
_aLondon, England :
_bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
_c2017
300 _aviii, 773 pages ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
520 _aHistorian 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.--
_cProvided by publisher
650 0 _aDemocracy
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aSocial conflict
_xPolitical aspects
_zUnited States
_vCase studies.
650 4 _aDemocracia
_xHistoria
_zEstados Unidos
_vEstudios de Casos
_9627
650 0 _aConflicto social
_xAspectos polĂ­ticos
_zEstados Unidos
_vEstudios de Casos.
_943286
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_vCase studies.
651 4 _aEstados Unidos
_xPolĂ­tica y gobierno
_92191
942 _2lcc
_cBK
946 _aSH
999 _c54544
_d54544