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Parliamentary America : the least radical means of radically repairing our broken democracy / Maxwell L. Stearns.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stearns, Maxwell L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Politics and government--21st century.
- United States.
- Political parties--United States.
- Political parties.
- Proportional representation--United States.
- Proportional representation.
- Coalition governments--United States.
- Coalition governments.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- "This work identifies our two-party, comparatively non-representative form of democracy as the main culprit of why American politics are so dysfunctional-and shows us how to fix it"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1: the Third constitutional crisis
- Chapter 2: the Third-party dilemma
- Chapter 3: Constitutional gridlock: How a system we managed for two centuries suddenly went off the rails
- Chapter 4: the End of trust: Experts, the government, and the media
- Chapter 5: the European tour: England, France, and Germany
- Chapter 6: Democratic variations: Israel, Taiwan, Brazil, and Venezuela
- Chapter 7: Reinventing the House of Representatives: More voices, more parties, more power
- Chapter 8: Reinventing presidential elections: The art of coalition politics
- Chapter 9: Reinventing presidential removal: How "no confidence" instills confidence
- Chapter 10: Achieving coalition governance: The politics of passing these amendments
- Chapter 11: Parliamentary America: Toward better politics, further reforms, and a civil society
- Conclusion: From "We the People" to "We the framers."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Stearns, Maxwell L. Parliamentary America
- ISBN:
- 9781421448336
- 1421448335
- OCLC:
- 1391212396
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