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050 00 $aJK1965$b.H55 2002
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100 1 $aHill, Steven,$d1958-
245 10 $aFixing elections :$bthe failure of America's winner take all politics /$cSteven Hill.
260 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2002.
300 $axvi, 363 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [305]-348) and index.
505 0 $aPart one. Geography is destiny -- Chapter one. "A house divided ..." -- Chapter two. Ex uno plures : "one system, two nations" -- Chapter three. The technology of democracy -- Part two. The people's Congress? -- Chapter four. The people's house -- Chapter five. Behind closed doors : the recurring plague of redistricting -- Chapter six. The gravity of the prize -- Chapter seven. Worse than winner take all : affirmative action for low-population states -- Part three. The death of discourse -- Chapter eight. Of pollster-geists and consultants : the mad science of winner take all campaigns -- Chapter nine. The wizards behind the curtain -- Chapter ten. The winner take all media : the fourth estate sells out -- Chapter eleven. Caught between a poll and a hard focus group : the loss of political ideas -- Part four. Majority rule? or majority fooled? -- Chapter twelve. Winner take all policy : where the majority does not always rule -- Chapter thirteen. The roller-coaster policy ride of winner take all -- Chapter fourteen. The gatekeepers of winner take all -- Chapter fifteen. "Winner takes nothing" -- Epilogue. Toward "E pluribus unum."
650 0 $aElections$zUnited States.
650 0 $aVoting$zUnited States.
650 0 $aRepresentative government and representation$zUnited States.
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