Fixing elections : the failure of America's winner-take-all politics /
Steven Hill.
Bok Engelsk 2002 Steven. Hill,· Electronic books.
| Utgitt | New York ; London : : Routledge, , 2002.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (256 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Preface - The Landscape of Post-Democracy SECTION ONE - GEOGRAPHY IS DESTINY Chapter 1: "A House Divided . . ." Chapter 2: Ex Uno Plures: "One System, Two Nations" Chapter 3: The Technology of Democracy SECTION TWO - THE PEOPLE'S CONGRESS? Chapter 4: The People's House Chapter 5: Behind Closed Doors: The Haunting Specter of Redistricting Chapter 6: The Gravity of the Prize Chapter 7: Worse than Winner Take All: Affirmative Action for Low-Population States SECTION THREE - THE DEATH OF DISCOURSE Chapter 8: Of Pollster-geists and Consultants: The Mad Science of Winner Take All Campaigns Chapter 9: The Wizards Behind the Curtain Chapter 10: The Winner Take All Media: The Fourth Estate Sells Out Chapter 11: Caught Between a Poll and a Hard Focus Group: The Loss of Political Ideas SECTION FOUR - MAJORITY RULE? OR MAJORITY FOOLED? Chapter 12: Winner Take All Policy: Where Majority does not always Rule Chapter 13: The Roller Coaster Policy Ride of Winner Take All Chapter 14: The Gatekeepers of Winner Take All Chapter 15: "Winner Takes Nothing.". - In the face of cynicism about the American political system, Fixing Elections is a blueprint to resurrect the US founders' democratic vision by adopting common-sense changes already instituted in other democracies.. - Electronic reproduction.
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| ISBN | 0-203-48536-X. - 0-203-60289-7. - 1-135-95474-7. - 1-135-95475-5. - 1-280-10175-X. - 1-283-83760-9
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