Parliamentary America : the least radical means of radically repairing our broken democracy / Max Stearns.
| Author/creator | Stearns, Maxwell L. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2023 |
| Description | viii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Chapter 1: the Third constitutional crisis -- Chapter 2: the Third-party dilemma -- Chapter 3: Constitutional gridlock: How a system we managed for two centuries suddenly went off the rails -- Chapter 4: the End of trust: Experts, the government, and the media -- Chapter 5: the European tour: England, France, and Germany -- Chapter 6: Democratic variations: Israel, Taiwan, Brazil, and Venezuela -- Chapter 7: Reinventing the House of Representatives: More voices, more parties, more power -- Chapter 8: Reinventing presidential elections: The art of coalition politics -- Chapter 9: Reinventing presidential removal: How "no confidence" instills confidence -- Chapter 10: Achieving coalition governance: The politics of passing these amendments -- Chapter 11: Parliamentary America: Toward better politics, further reforms, and a civil society -- Conclusion: From "We the People" to "We the framers." |
| Abstract | "This work identifies our two-party, comparatively non-representative form of democracy as the main culprit of why American politics are so dysfunctional-and shows us how to fix it"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Stearns, Maxwell L. Parliamentary America Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024. 9781421448336 |
| LCCN | 2023020220 |
| ISBN | 9781421448336 |
| ISBN | 1421448335 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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