Title The road to mass democracy : original intent and the seventeenth amendment / C.H. Hoebeke

Published New Brunswick (U.S.A.) : Transaction Publishers, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- An Introductory Essay: The Paradox of Popular Sovereignty -- Introduction -- 1 The Progressive Myth -- 2 A Precarious Balance -- 3 The Tilt in the States -- 4 Federal Repercussions -- 5 The Anomalous Counterweight -- 6 Beveling the Congress -- 7 The Deliberation to End All Deliberations -- Epilogue: Some Sober Second Thoughts -- Bibliography -- Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject United States. Congress. Senate -- History United States. Congress. Senate -- Elections United States. Constitution. 17th Amendment. SUBJECT United States. Congress. Senate fast Constitution (United States) fast Subject Democracy -- United States -- History Representative government and representation -- United States -- History Legislative bodies -- Upper chambers. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch. Democracy Elections Legislative bodies -- Upper chambers Representative government and representation United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781412838771 1412838770

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