Democracy: A Case Study - Hardcover

David A. Moss

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674971450 ISBN 13: 9780674971455

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2017

Synopsis

To all who declare that American democracy is broken riven by partisanship, undermined by extremism, and corrupted by wealth history offers hope. In nearly every generation since the nation s founding, critics have made similar declarations, and yet the nation is still standing. When should we believe the doomsayers? In Democracy: A Case Study, historian David Moss adapts the case study method made famous by Harvard Business School to revitalise our conversations about governance and democracy and show how the United States has often thrived on political conflict.

Democracy's nineteen case studies were honed in Moss s Harvard course, which is among the institution s most highly rated. Each one presents readers with a pivotal moment in U.S. history and raises questions facing key decision makers at the time: Should delegates to the Constitutional Convention support James Madison s proposal for a congressional veto over state laws? Should President Lincoln resupply Fort Sumter? Should Florida lawmakers approve or reject the Equal Rights Amendment?

These vibrant cases ask readers to weigh choices and consequences, wrestle with momentous decisions, and come to their own conclusions. They provoke us to rethink which factors make the difference between constructive and destructive conflict, and they provide an opportunity to reengage the passionate debates that are crucial to a healthy society.Democracy: A Case Study invites us all to experience American history anew and come away with a deeper understanding of our democracy s greatest strengths and vulnerabilities as well as its extraordinary resilience over time.

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About the Author

David A. Moss is the John G. McLean Professor at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the business, government and international economy area. Professor Moss's research focuses on economic policy and especially the government's role as a risk manager. He has published three books on these subjects: Socializing Security: Progressive-Era Economists and the Origins of American Social Policy (1996), When All Else Fails: Government as the Ultimate Risk Manager (2002) and A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics: What Managers, Executives, and Students Need to Know (2007). Professor Moss is the founder of the Tobin Project, a non-profit research organization, and a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. Recent honors include the Robert F. Greenhill Award, the Editors' Prize from the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, the Student Association Faculty Award for outstanding teaching at the Harvard Business School and the American Risk and Insurance Association's Annual Kulp-Wright Book Award for the 'most influential text published on the economics of risk management and insurance'. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1992.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674971450
• ISBN 13: 9780674971455
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 784