Book contents
- Constitutionalism and a Right to Effective Government?
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Constitutionalism and a Right to Effective Government?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II What Are Constitutions For?
- Part III Positive Rights and Rights to Effective Self-Government
- Part IV The Role of Courts in Building State Capacity and Promoting Effective Self-Government While Protecting Rights
- Part V Executive and Administrative Constitutionalism in Effective Democratic Government
- 12 What Does Effective Government Have to Do With the Constitution?
- 13 The President’s Two Bodies
- Part VI Legislatures, Representation, and Duties of Effective Self-Government
- Part VII Politics, Sociology, Media, and Corruption as Contexts for Constitutionalism and Governance
- Index
12 - What Does Effective Government Have to Do With the Constitution?
from Part V - Executive and Administrative Constitutionalism in Effective Democratic Government
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 October 2022
- Constitutionalism and a Right to Effective Government?
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Constitutionalism and a Right to Effective Government?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Introduction
- Part II What Are Constitutions For?
- Part III Positive Rights and Rights to Effective Self-Government
- Part IV The Role of Courts in Building State Capacity and Promoting Effective Self-Government While Protecting Rights
- Part V Executive and Administrative Constitutionalism in Effective Democratic Government
- 12 What Does Effective Government Have to Do With the Constitution?
- 13 The President’s Two Bodies
- Part VI Legislatures, Representation, and Duties of Effective Self-Government
- Part VII Politics, Sociology, Media, and Corruption as Contexts for Constitutionalism and Governance
- Index
Summary
Nearly a million people dead and counting. More than 77 million infected, a little less than one-fifth of the total infections worldwide.1 The United States has had more deaths than any other country, and its COVID-19 death rate of 276 per 100,000 people is the highest among the world’s wealthiest nations.2 Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans are hospitalized and die at significantly higher rates than whites.3 Some bright lights exist too, one being the speedy development of vaccines and their deployment in 2021 – although there, too, both the national government and the states have sometimes stumbled.4 Another is legislative enactment of major fiscal measures which sustained individuals and businesses in the face of economy calamity.5 Still, by many public health measures, the United States’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been a governmental failure.
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- Constitutionalism and a Right to Effective Government? , pp. 153 - 166Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022