Democracy in one book or less : how it works, why it doesn't, and why fixing it is easier than you think

Litt, David, author.

Book 2020

"The democracy you live in today is different--completely different--from the democracy you were born into. You probably don't realize just how radically your republic has been altered during your lifetime. Yet more than any policy issue, political trend, or even Donald Trump himself, our redesigned system of government is responsible for the peril America faces today. What explains the gap between what We, the People want and what our elected le...

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ISBN:

9780062879363

Description:

388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

The drawing of lots : the non-voters
Rick versus Ricky : the officially disenfranchised
The sasquatch hunters : the unofficially disenfranchised
How to plan a fyre festival : the discouraged
Take a shit with Irv Litt : the geography of gerrymandering
Ms. Codfish's classroom : the "great compromise"
An appendix : the Electoral College
Old Sheldon : the campaign finance system
I'm just a doomed bill : the House of Representatives
The spartan retention of the body's juices : the Senate
Possum kingdom : the lobbyists
Slapping Stephen Field : the judges

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bl2020013829

Control Number:

2877730

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