Format:
Online-Ressource (192 p)
ISBN:
9780691154374
Content:
Despite howls for reform, the only thing separating us from another election disaster of the kind that hit Florida in 2000, and that almost struck again in Ohio in 2004, may simply be another close vote. In this lucid and lively book, Heather Gerken diagnoses what is wrong with our elections and proposes a radically new and simple solution: a Democracy Index that would rate the performance of state and local election systems. A rough equivalent to the U.S. News and World Report ranking of colleges and universities, the Index would focus on problems that matter to all voters: How long does it
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Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Why We Need a Democracy Index; 1 The Perverse Politics of Election Reform Why [We Think] Elections Are Run Badly, and What to Do about It; 2 The Promise of Data-driven Reform; 3 The Politics of Reform and the Promise of Ranking; 4 Is the Game Worth the Candle?; 5 Getting from Here to There in Miniature Making the Democracy Index a Reality; Conclusion: Getting from "Here to There" Redux; AFTERWORD; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781400829910
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691154374
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Democracy Index : Why Our Election System Is Failing and How to Fix It
Language:
English
Keywords:
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