Is This Any Way to Run a Democratic Government?

Contents

P r e f a c e ★★★ v ★★★ Figures vii Tables vii Preface ix Part I Democratic Theory Chapter 1 Issues of Democratic Governance 3 Stephen J. Wayne Chapter 2 The Civic Foundations of American Democracy 21 Beth Stark Part II A Democratic Congress? Chapter 3 Campaign Contributions and Democracy 35 Peter Francia, John C. Green, Wesley Joe, Paul S. Herrnson, Lynda W. Powell, Benjamin Webster, and Clyde Wilcox Chapter 4 Money and the Possibility of Democratic Governance 51 Michael Bailey Chapter 5 Women in Congress: Descriptive Representation and Democratic Governance 69 Courtenay Daum Part III A Democratic Executive? Chapter 6 A Government That Looks Like America? 85 Joseph A. Ferrara Chapter 7 The Promise and Peril of Presidential Polling: Between Gallup’s Dream and the Morris Nightmare 101 Jeremy D. Mayer and Lynn Kirby Chapter 8 Democratic Government and the Unilateral Presidency 115 Margaret Tseng Chapter 9 Can the Federal Budget Be Democratic? OMB’s Invisible Hand 125 Lynn Ross Contents C O N T E N T S ★★★ vi ★★★ Part IV A Democratic Judiciary? Chapter 10 Does a Real Democracy Need Judicial Review? 145 The Supreme Court as an Antidemocratic Institution Emily H. Hoechst Chapter 11 Entering the “Political Thicket”: The Unintended Consequences of the Supreme Court’s Reapportionment Decisions 157 Steve Glickman Conclusion Chapter 12 Is This Any Way to Run a Democratic Government? 175 Stephen J. Wayne Contributors 181 Index 183 ...