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Robert Ovetz We the Elites (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- We the Elites : Why the US Constitution Serves the Few
- Publication Name
- We the Elites
- Title
- We the Elites
- Subtitle
- Why the US Constitution Serves the Few
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0745344720
- EAN
- 9780745344720
- ISBN
- 9780745344720
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Genre
- Law, History, Political Science
- Release Date
- 07/10/2022
- Release Year
- 2022
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Item Weight
- 10.6 Oz
- Language
- English
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Topic
- Constitutional, United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), American Government / National
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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Written by 55 of the richest white men, and signed by only 39 of them, the US constitution is the sacred text of American nationalism. Popular perceptions of it are mired in idolatry, myth and misinformation - many Americans have opinions on the constitution but have little idea what it says. This book examines the constitution for what it is - a rulebook for elites to protect capitalism from democracy. Social movements have misplaced faith in the constitution as a tool for achieving justice when it actually impedes social change through the many roadblocks and obstructions we call 'checks and balances'. This stymies urgent progress on issues like labour rights, poverty, public health and climate change, propelling the American people and rest of the world towards destruction. Robert Ovetz's reading of the constitution shows that the system isn't broken. Far from it. It works as it was designed to.
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Publisher
Pluto Press
ISBN-10
0745344720
ISBN-13
9780745344720
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20057246951
Product Key Features
Book Title
We the Elites : Why the US Constitution Serves the Few
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Constitutional, United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), American Government / National
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Law, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Kf4550
Reviews
'Powerfully addresses how the constitution and US politics reinforce capitalism and its dysfunction, offering crucial insights for the big changes coming' Richard D. Wolff, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 'At a moment when the country is facing a constitutional crisis, it is well to understand what the Constitution is. This close analysis unravels in detail the achievement of the Framers 'to create a perpetual power of the elite minority to check the will of the majority', to ensure that the minority of the opulent would be protected from the threat of popular democracy' Noam Chomsky, 'The Constitution is a problem hiding in plain sight. Everyone thinks they know what it means, but no one is willing to look too closely for fear that it might mean something different or that it might mean nothing it all. Robert Ovetz is one of the few who are willing to grapple with the problem head on. He deserves credit for his boldness and intellectual integrity' Dan Lazare, author of 'The Frozen Republic: How the Constitution Is Paralyzing Democracy', 'Powerfully addresses how the constitution and US politics reinforce capitalism and its dysfunction, offering crucial insights for the big changes coming' Richard D. Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 'An important corrective to a culture that engages in excessive veneration of the document and the political system it created' Sanford Levinson, author of 'Our Undemocratic Constitution', 'This ambitious, stimulating, thoughtful, exceedingly informative book sets a new standard in scholarship on the vaunted US Constitution' Gerald Horne, author of 'The Dawning of the Apocalypse', 'A crucial and timely corrective about what words like democracy and freedom actually meant to the Founders. A gift to serious analysts of US politics - but, more importantly, to those who would build a system that serves people rather than property' Olúfmi O. Táíwò, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and author of 'Elite Capture'
Table of Content
Introduction: The United States - Democracy or Republic? 1. The Framers' Vision 2. Preamble: "Intoxicating Draughts of Liberty Run Mad" 3. Congress: Justice to Property 4. Congress: Designed for Inefficiency 5. Congress: Power of the Purse 6. Executive: The Rule of One 7. Executive: Unrestrained Global Guardian of Property 8. Judiciary: The Servant Above His Master 9. Amendments and Ratification: An Act of Force and Not of Right 10. Beyond Constitution
Copyright Date
2022
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
342.73
Dewey Edition
23
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