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You Call This an Election?

Autor Steven E. Schier
en Limba Engleză Carte – 6 feb 2003
An introduction to the problems and promises of America's electoral system, Steven E. Schier's book begins with a brief overview of the Florida voting fiasco in the 2000 presidential election. He cogently analyzes where our election politics goes wrong and suggest several steps to make the system better. The manuscript includes numerous examples, anecdotes, and tables, all with the student reader in mind. Schier concludes by proposing an alternative scenario--what if the election reforms he suggests had been in place in Florida in 2000? Schier argues more specifically that the decline of political paties and the concurrent proliferation of interest groups has inhibited majority rule in America. Parties traditionally sought to mobilize large numbes of voters on election day. As parties' abilities to mobilize have decayed, interest groups have enhanced their ability to activate small factions of the public to influence elections and policymaking. Hence we now have more interest groups than ever before in our national politics, but shrinking numbers of voters. What sorts of reforms does he propose? Enhancing the roles and influence of political parties; giving these parties large blocks of free TV time; adopting one-punch partisan ballots, making it easier for voters to cast a straight-party vote; abandon initiatives, which clutter up the ballot; and party-based financing to boost voter turnout.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780878408955
ISBN-10: 0878408959
Pagini: 176
Ilustrații: bibliographical references , index
Dimensiuni: 160 x 236 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Georgetown University Press

Descriere

Identifying four essential evaluative criteria for a democracy that genuinely works, this work asks us to examine the degree to which our system promotes political stability, what the problems are with voter turnout and how to improve it, and asks for a meaningful scrutiny of governmental policy.