Civic Failure and Its Threat to Democracy

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Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Civics
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Author: Chapman Rackaway ISBN: 9781498514200
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: December 14, 2016
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Chapman Rackaway
ISBN: 9781498514200
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: December 14, 2016
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

The greatest threat to American democracy is the voting public. Candidates for political office, organized interests, and political parties are often blamed for the ills of American democracy, but this book places the focus on the core issue in American politics: a disengaged, demanding, and often contradictory voting public. Structural reforms such as the direct primary, term limits, and campaign finance regime reforms make the problems worse rather than better because these structural reforms fail to address core issues that disengage the voting public from republican politics.

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The greatest threat to American democracy is the voting public. Candidates for political office, organized interests, and political parties are often blamed for the ills of American democracy, but this book places the focus on the core issue in American politics: a disengaged, demanding, and often contradictory voting public. Structural reforms such as the direct primary, term limits, and campaign finance regime reforms make the problems worse rather than better because these structural reforms fail to address core issues that disengage the voting public from republican politics.

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