Electoral College Reform

Challenges and Possibilities
Herausgeber: Bugh, Gary

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The United States has not updated the Electoral College system since the Twelfth Amendment was ratified in 1804, despite public opinion polls showing a majority of Americans are in favor of changing or outright abolishing it. So why hasn't the United States reformed this system? Electoral College Reform brings together new essays examining all aspects of this crucial debate, including the reasons for reform, the issues surrounding a constitutional amendment, the effect of the Electoral College on political campaigns and the possibilities for extra-constitutional avenues to change. The authors consider both the Federalists' vision of balanced representation and a more democratic and equality-based ideal. These competing frameworks, perhaps more than any other factor, account for centuries of American indecision on this key issue. By offering an unprecedented and carefully researched analysis of an always controversial subject, this volume explores the potential for changing a system that many contend is long overdue.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780754677512
• ISBN-10: 0754677516
• Artikelnr.: 35630591

Autorenporträt

Gary Bugh is Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at Texas A&M University-Texarkana, where he teaches American Political Theory, Constitutional Law, Federalism, Intergovernmental Politics, the Presidency, and Political Parties.

Inhaltsangabe

I: Thinking About Electoral College Reform; Introduction: Approaching
Electoral College Reform; 1: Representation in Congressional Efforts to
Amend the Presidential Election System; 2: "A Mere Deception-a Mere Ignus
Fatus on the People of America": Lifting the Veil on the Electoral College;
3: "If the Manner of It Be Not Perfect": Thinking Through Electoral College
Reform; II: Challenges of Electoral College Reform; 4: The Electoral
College and Democratic Responsiveness; 5: The Challenge of Contemporary
Electoral College Reform; 6: Systemic Biases Affecting Congressional Voting
on Electoral College Reform; 7: Compact Risk: Some Downsides to
Establishing National Plurality Presidential Elections by Contingent
Legislation; 8: Exploring the Difficulties of Electoral College Reform at
the State Level: Maine and Nebraska Lead the Way; 9: Comparative
Presidential Selection: A Cautionary Tale; III: Possibilities of Electoral
College Reform; 10: Lobbying the Electoral College: The Potential for
Chaos; 11: Electoral College Incentives and Presidential Actions: A Case
for Reform?; 12: Current Electoral College Reform Efforts Among the States;
13: The Good, the Better, the Best: Improving on the "Acceptable" Electoral
College; 14: Pipe Dream or Possibility? Amending the U.S. Constitution to
Achieve Electoral Reform; Conclusion: Understanding Electoral College
Reform