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Fixing Elections Steven Hill

Fixing Elections By Steven Hill

Fixing Elections by Steven Hill


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A blueprint to resurrect the democratic vision of America's founders by adopting common-sense changes already instituted in other democracies, this title argues that the US geographic-based, Winner Take All political system is at the root of many of America's worst political problems.

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Fixing Elections: The Failure of America's Winner Take All Politics by Steven Hill

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.

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"Here's the eye-opening news from Steven Hill's new book: our 'winner-take-all' electoral system is a mug's game that makes losers of us all. He explains why-convincingly. And he tells us what we can do about it."
-Hendrik Hertzberg, Senior Editor, "The New Yorker
""Fixing Elections is the most important book on American democracy that has come out in many years."
-Michael Lind, author of "Made In Texas: George W. Bush and the Southern Takeover of American Politics
"In this powerfully argued and engaging book, Steven Hill successfully demonstrates how our Winner-Take-All electoral system produces highly undemocratic results. His work should inspire serious and widespread discussion of alternative electoral arrangements that are far more democratic and have long been employed in almost all of the other advanced democratic countries."
-Robert A. Dahl, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Yale University
""Fixing Elections is a provocative reminder that we desperately need to re-invigorate our democracy. By cataloguing the elements of the crisis facing our divided polity, from orphaned voters to a far-reaching political depression, Steven Hill shows how crucial it is to explore the unfairness of our electoral system's underlying structure rather than simply working to reform the mechanics of voting."
-Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law, Harvard University
"What's wrong with politics in America? What explains our abysmal voter turnouts -- down, according to one international study, to 138th in the world, sandwiched between Botswana and Chad? Why are vast segments of the country political wastelands for one party or the other?Why are somany million voters "orphaned" in states where the candidates they prefer are likely never to win? Political analyst Steven Hill offers up a single answer in his new book, "Fixing Elections --it's the winner-take-all system of elections."
-Neal Peirce, "Houston Chronicle

About Steven Hill

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.

Table of Contents

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."

Additional information

CIN0415931940G
9780415931946
0415931940
Fixing Elections: The Failure of America's Winner Take All Politics by Steven Hill
Used - Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2003-09-30
384
N/A
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