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Program 47: The Elite and the Electorate

Senator J. William Fulbright discusses whether democracy by the people is still possible in this analysis of the functions of the Executive and the Legislature, particularly in the areas of foreign policy. Followed with commentaries by philosophers John Courtney Murray of Yale and Charles Frankel of Columbia. Jan. 1963. [CSDI program number 47; UCSB tape numbers A7559/R7, A7560/R7]

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The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.

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