Democracy more or less : America's political reform quandary /

Why do American political reform efforts so often fail to solve the problems they intend to fix? In this book, Bruce E. Cain argues that the reasons are an unrealistic civic ideal of a fully informed and engaged citizenry and a neglect of basic pluralist principles about political intermediaries. Th...

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Main Author:	Cain, Bruce E. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Series:	Cambridge studies in election law and democracy.
Subjects:	Democracy > United States. Representative government and representation > United States. Political culture > United States. Political participation > United States. Polarization (Social sciences) > United States. LAW / General.