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Politics and government, Political culture, Moral and ethical aspects, Democracy, Political ethics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, United states, politics and governmentPlaces
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Our damaged democracy: we the people must act
2018, Touchstone
in English
- First Touchstone hardcover edition.
1501144618 9781501144615
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: POTUS the powerful
Enhancing POTUS power
POTUS the commander-in-chief
POTUS the legislator
The four pillars of POTUS power
Part II: The crippled Congress
The grip of the gerrymander
Pay to play Congress
Congressional chaos
Cutting its nose to spite its face
Where war is not war
Part III: The politicized court
Political labor pains
Political party polarization
Part IV: The subject states and cities
Money makes the rules
The game changers
Presidential preemption and prerogatives
Part V: Money: the root of political evil
Day of political infamy
The money game
Money opens doors and ears
States, judges and think tanks in the political money mix
Part VI: American fault lines
The media fault line
Racial and cultural political party fault lines
The partisanship fault line
Income and education inequality fault lines
Single-issue fault lines
The military-civilian fault line
Part VII: We the people
We the people must act
Appendix A: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: dues and money raised
Appendix B: The Electoral College.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-298) and index.
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