Built to Last?
Description
In this last episode of the series, Sagal travels to Iceland, where after the country's economic collapse, leaders decided to create a new constitution, looking to the U.S. Constitution for inspiration. This prompts Sagal to consider why our own founding document has lasted more than 225 years. He looks at the systems that have kept the Constitution healthy and also at the political forces that threaten to undermine the framers' vision: excessive partisanship leading to gridlock, money in politics and gerrymandering.
Runtime
55 min
Series
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2014], c2013
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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