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LEADER: 02043cam a22002778a 4500
001 2009038623
003 DLC
005 20091009073126.0
008 091001s2010 miu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009038623
020 $a9780737746440 (hardcover)
020 $a9780737746457 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aJK2265$b.D64 2010
082 00 $a324.273$222
245 00 $aDoes the U.S. two-party system still work? /$cNoah Berlatsky, book editor.
260 $aDetroit :$bGreenhaven Press,$c2010.
263 $a1001
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aAt issue
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aContents -- Introduction -- Introduction: pros and cons of the two-party system -- Rena Silverman -- Political parties encourage partisanship and should be -- Abolished -- Justin Soutar -- Polarized parties are good for America -- Matthew Yglesias -- The U.S. electoral system must be reformed to make third parties -- Feasible -- Jerry Fresia -- Ralph Nader & Rsquo's third-party campaign in 2000 hurt liberals and -- Everyday people -- G. William Domhoff -- The libertarian party undermines the ideas it advocates -- Bruce Bartlett -- People should protest the two-party system by voting for a -- Third-party candidate -- Ron Paul -- People should protest the two-party system by refusing to vote -- Joel S. Hirschorn -- Third parties in the United States cannot win, but they are still -- Worthwhile -- Brian Doherty -- The electoral college ensures nationwide, moderate, and stable -- Parties -- Peter W. Schramm -- The electoral college is undemocratic and should be abolished -- Bradford Plumer -- Both parties use gerrymandering to make house incumbents less -- Accountable -- Juliet Eilperin -- Both parties use the filibuster to block the will of the -- People -- David Swanson -- The filibuster prevents heated party politics -- Jim Dipeso.
650 0 $aPolitical parties$zUnited States.
650 0 $aTwo party systems$zUnited States.
700 1 $aBerlatsky, Noah.