URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/4817
Collection Structure Commonwealth Club of California records >  Sound recordings of club programs >  A Republic If You Can Keep It
Item Title A Republic If You Can Keep It
Collection Title Commonwealth Club of California records
Speaker Davenport, David
Date Created January 12, 2009
Description From many different quarters today come challenges to make America a "fairer" or more democratic place. We see some of these movements from recent books suggesting a new constitutional convention to update our founding document, to challenges to the Electoral College and the many propositions on our ballots. Taken together, however, they challenge the founders' ideal of America as a "republic," not a national democracy, says Davenport. Is a republic still viable or useful today, and if so, how can we keep it? Davenport's biography includes: Counselor to the Director for External Relations and Research Fellow, Hoover Institution; Former President, Pepperdine University.
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Place Recorded California, United States
Format Sound Recording
Medium speeches (documents)
Hoover ID Program 20090112_233
Record Number 2003C87.4506
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3g5032c1
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