Democracy and Its Elected Enemies reveals that American politicians have usurped their constitutional authority … fading international power, and provide an action plan for restoring "true" democracy in which politicians only provide the …"Democracy and Its Elected Enemies reveals that American politicians have usurped their constitutional authority …

-- 1 Financial Shocks, Economic Crises, and Democracy: Theory and Practice -- PART I. GREAT DEPRESSION, 1929-34 -- 2 … Economic Crisis and Democracy during the Great Depression -- 3 Institutions: Polarized Domestic Conflicts and Weak … International Capacity -- 4 Interests: Foreign Capital and Domestic Coalitions against Democracy -- 5 Ideas: Extreme Ideological …