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Democracy in America? - What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It (Hardcover)
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Democracy in America? - What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It (Hardcover)
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America faces daunting problems stagnant wages, high health care
costs, neglected schools, deteriorating public services. Yet the
government consistently ignores the needs of its citizens, paying
attention instead to donors and organized interests. Real issues
are held hostage to demagoguery, partisanship beats practicality,
and trust in government withers along with the social safety net.
How did we get here? Through decades of dysfunctional government.
In Democracy in America? veteran political observers Benjamin I.
Page and Martin Gilens marshal an unprecedented array of evidence
to show that while other countries have responded to a rapidly
changing economy by helping people who've been left behind, the
United States has failed to do so. Instead, we have actually
exacerbated inequality, enriching corporations and the wealthy
while leaving ordinary citizens to fend for themselves. What's the
solution? More democracy. More opportunity for citizens to shape
what their government does. To repair our democracy, Page and
Gilens argue, we must change the way we choose candidates and
conduct our elections, reform our governing institutions, and curb
the power of money in politics. By doing so, we can reduce
polarization and gridlock, address pressing challenges, and enact
policies that truly reflect the interests of average Americans.
This book presents a damning indictment. But the situation is far
from hopeless. With increased democratic participation as their
guide, Page and Gilens lay out a set of proposals, Page and Gilens
lay out a set of proposals that would boost citizen participation,
curb the power of money, and democratize the House and Senate. The
only certainty is that inaction is not an option. Now is the time
to act to restore and extend American democracy.
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