Responsible Parties: Saving Democracy from Itself - Softcover

Rosenbluth, Frances McCall; Shapiro, Ian

 
9780300251944: Responsible Parties: Saving Democracy from Itself
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0300251947 ISBN 13: 9780300251944
Verlag: Yale University Press, 2020

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How popular democracy has paradoxically eroded trust in political systems worldwide, and how to restore confidence in democratic politics

Democracies across the world are adopting reforms to bring politics closer to the people. Parties have turned to primaries and local caucuses to select candidates. Ballot initiatives and referenda allow citizens to enact laws directly. Many democracies now use proportional representation, encouraging smaller, more specific parties rather than two dominant ones. Yet voters keep getting angrier. There is a steady erosion of trust in politicians, parties, and democratic institutions, culminating most recently in major populist victories in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere. Frances Rosenbluth and Ian Shapiro argue that devolving power to the grass roots is part of the problem, not the solution. Efforts to decentralize political decision‑making make governments and especially political parties less effective and less able to address constituents’ long‑term interests. To revive confidence in governance, we must restructure our political systems to restore power to the core institution of representative democracy: the political party.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Frances McCall Rosenbluth (1958–2021) was the Damon Wells Professor of Political Science and Ian Shapiro is Sterling Professor of Political Science, both at Yale University.

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Verlag
Yale University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0300251947
ISBN 13 
9780300251944
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
336
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