http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-I).15
10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-I).15
Published : Mar 2022
The Structure of Social Contract in the United States of America: Representative Versus Unrepresentative
The constitutional system in the United States of America has maintained a systematic balance between its federal character, separation of powers and distribution of autonomy.The power of the Center over component and subordinated institutions has been ensured through a combination of the constitutional system as well as a bipartite political system. Ironically, the bipartite system's one weakness is the limitation of choice for the electorates to two candidates.In addition, the growing influence of corporate elites' exercises influences the process of elections as well as the decision-making and legislation.This study critically examines these contradictions and presents analysis of the transformation in the social contract.
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Social Contract, Separation of Powers, Structuralism, Functionalism, Corporate Elite
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(1) Ahmed Ijaz Malik
Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Tahir Ahmad
PhD Scholar, School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Malik, A. I., & Ahmad, T. (2022). The Structure of Social Contract in the United States of America: Representative Versus Unrepresentative. Global Political Review, VII(I), 143-151. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-I).15
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CHICAGO : Malik, Ahmed Ijaz, and Tahir Ahmad. 2022. "The Structure of Social Contract in the United States of America: Representative Versus Unrepresentative." Global Political Review, VII (I): 143-151 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-I).15
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HARVARD : MALIK, A. I. & AHMAD, T. 2022. The Structure of Social Contract in the United States of America: Representative Versus Unrepresentative. Global Political Review, VII, 143-151.
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MHRA : Malik, Ahmed Ijaz, and Tahir Ahmad. 2022. "The Structure of Social Contract in the United States of America: Representative Versus Unrepresentative." Global Political Review, VII: 143-151
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MLA : Malik, Ahmed Ijaz, and Tahir Ahmad. "The Structure of Social Contract in the United States of America: Representative Versus Unrepresentative." Global Political Review, VII.I (2022): 143-151 Print.
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OXFORD : Malik, Ahmed Ijaz and Ahmad, Tahir (2022), "The Structure of Social Contract in the United States of America: Representative Versus Unrepresentative", Global Political Review, VII (I), 143-151
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TURABIAN : Malik, Ahmed Ijaz, and Tahir Ahmad. "The Structure of Social Contract in the United States of America: Representative Versus Unrepresentative." Global Political Review VII, no. I (2022): 143-151. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2022(VII-I).15