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Breaking the two-party doom loop : the case for multiparty democracy in America /

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American democracy is in deep crisis. But what do we do about it? That depends on how we understand what the crisis actually is. In 'Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop', Lee Drutman argues that we now have, for the first time in American history, a true two-party system, with two disciplined...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Drutman, Lee, 1976- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Political parties > United States.
Democracy > United States.
United States > Politics and government > Philosophy.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > Philosophie.
Democracy
Political parties
Politics and government
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Origins
  • What the Framers Got Right and What They Got Wrong
  • The Paradox of Partisanship
  • The Great Reordering of the Parties
  • The Collapse of the Four-​Party System and the Rise of Zero-​Sum Politics
  • Part II The Contemporary Crisis
  • The New Era of Toxic Politics
  • All Politics Is Conflict; Not All Conflict Is Toxic
  • The Breakdown of Political Fairness
  • Part III The Solution
  • 8 Designing the Save American Democracy Act
  • Two Few; The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
  • The Politics of Electoral Reform
  • The Future of American Democracy.