TY - BOOK AU - Dahl,Robert Alan TI - How democratic is the American Constitution? SN - 0300092180 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - KF4550 .D34 2001 U1 - 342.73/02 21 PY - 2001/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Constitutional law KW - United States KW - Constitutional history KW - Democracy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-190) and index; Introduction: fundamental questions -- What the framers couldn't know -- The constitution as a model: an American illusion -- Electing the president -- How well does the constitutional system perform? -- Why not a more democratic constitution? -- Some reflections on the prospects for a more democratic constitution ER -