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SCATTERED THOUGHTS ON A DEMOCRATIC DILEMMA
Author(s) -
Henry Nicholas
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1984.tb00157.x
Subject(s) - premise , democracy , dilemma , government (linguistics) , political science , public administration , law and economics , sociology , law , politics , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics
Americans, particularly American intellectuals, have a deeply held tradition that ineffectual, limited government is in the public interest. The author questions this premise and suggests that when government is ineffectual, democracy itself suffers.