Fixing Elections

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-415-93193-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 699 g

Fixing Elections shows our whole 18th-century Winner Take All political system, including the way we elect our legislatures. Steven Hill argues our geographic-based, Winner Take All political system is at the root of many of our worst political problems, including poor minority and majority representation, low voter turnout, expensive mudslinging campaigns, congressional gridlock, regional balkanization, and the growing divide between city-dwellers and middle-America.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hill, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Liberalismus, Libertarismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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."

Über Autor(innen)

Steven Hill is co-founder and Associate Director of the Center for Voting and Democracy, a nonprofit organization promoting election reform. He frequently appears on radio and TV to discuss political issues, and his articles have appeared in dozens of national newspapers and magazines including The Nation, Salon, The American Prospect, The Boston Review, New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post.