The right of the people democracy and the case for a new American founding / Osita Nwanevu.

Author/creator Nwanevu, Osita
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoNew York : Random House, [2025]
Descriptionxxii, 359 pages 25 cm
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Subjects

Contents The meaning of democracy -- Democracy's critics -- The shape of democracy -- A republic kept -- Towards a democratic politics -- Towards a democratic economy
Abstract "Frustrated with our political dysfunction, wearied by the thinness of contemporary political discourse, and troubled by the rise of anti-democratic attitudes across the political spectrum, journalist Osita Nwanevu has spent the Trump era examining the very meaning of democracy in search of answers to questions many have asked in the wake of the 2024 election: Are our institutions fundamentally broken? How can a country so divided govern itself? Does democracy even work as well as we believe? The Right of the People offers us challenging answers: while democracy remains vital, American democracy is an illusion we must make real by transforming not only our political institutions but the American economy. In a text that spans democratic theory, the American Founding, our aging political system, and the dizzying inequalities of our new Gilded Age, Nwanevu makes a visionary case for a political and economic agenda to fulfill the promise of American democracy and revive faith in the American project"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-344) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2025002512
ISBN9780593449929 hardback
ISBNebook

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