Bruce Cain

Democracy More or Less

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book studies how American political reform efforts often fail because of the unrealistic ideal of a fully informed and engaged citizenry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9781107039636
• ISBN-10: 1107039630
• Artikelnr.: 41611663

Autorenporträt

Bruce E. Cain is the Charles Louis Ducommun Professor of Humanities and Sciences in the Political Science Department at Stanford University, California, where he is also the director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West. In addition to publishing numerous scholarly works, he has also served as a consultant for state and local governments on constitutional and charter reform, campaign finance regulation, redistricting, and voting rights. He received the Zale Award for Outstanding Achievement in Policy Research and Public Service and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The ascendancy of reform populism
2. Reform pluralism
3. How much transparency?
4. Participation paradoxes
5. Reform cycles
6. Fair representation
7. Raising the political ethics bar
8. Election administration or policy?
9. A blended reform agenda.