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Responsible parties :

0300241054

9780300241051

0300232756

9780300232752

Responsible parties :

[Book]

saving democracy from itself /

Frances McCall Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro.

New Haven :

Yale University Press,

[2018]

©2018

1 online resource (x, 324 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; ONE. Misdiagnosing Democracy's Ills; TWO. The Means and Ends of Democratic Competition; THREE. Vulnerable Minorities; FOUR. Big Strong Parties: Westminster; FIVE. Big Weak Parties: The American Variant; SIX. Strong Parties in Small European Democracies; SEVEN. The French Mix; EIGHT. Of Labradoodles and Poodledors: Germany; NINE. Wannabe Labradoodles: New Zealand, Italy, Japan, and Mexico; TEN. Presidentialism with Small Weak Parties: Latin America; ELEVEN. Creeping Authoritarianism in Eastern Europe; TWELVE. Ways Forward; Notes.

Index A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z.

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How popular democracy has paradoxically eroded trust in political systems worldwide, and how to restore confidence in democratic politics In recent decades, democracies across the world have adopted measures to increase popular involvement in political decisions. Parties have turned to primaries and local caucuses to select candidates; ballot initiatives and referenda allow citizens to enact laws directly; many places now use proportional representation, encouraging smaller, more specific parties rather than two dominant ones. Yet voters keep getting angrier. There is a steady erosion of trust in politicians, parties, and democratic institutions, culminating most recently in major populist victories in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere. Frances Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro argue that devolving power to the grass roots is part of the problem. Efforts to decentralize political decision-making have made governments and especially political parties less effective and less able to address constituents' long-term interests. They argue that to restore confidence in governance, we must restructure our political systems to restore power to the core institution of representative democracy: the political party.

JSTOR

22573/ctv6grxwc

Responsible parties.

0300232756

Democracy.

Political parties.

89.61 political parties.

Democracy.

Political parties.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Democracy.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- Elections.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- General.

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Rosenbluth, Frances McCall

Shapiro, Ian

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