America's Failing Experiment
How We the People Have Become the Problem
1st Edition
Published on 12. December 2013
232 pages
978-1-4422-2651-7 (ISBN)
Description
America's Failing Experiment: How We the People Have Become the Problem, makes the controversial claim that the American political system suffers from too much democracy. An accomplished public policy expert coeditor of the Journal Survey Practice, Kirby Goidel argues that our elected officials are overly responsive to public opinion which is often poorly informed, incoherent, and uncertain. The result is a more polarized political system, rising inequality, and institutional gridlock. These concerns are not new but take on deeper political significance in a digital age where information flows more quickly and opportunities for feedback are virtually unlimited. If the diagnosis is too much democracy, the counterintuitive solution runs against our cultural norms-less citizen involvement, greater discretion for political elites, and greater collective responsibility.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Illustrations
4 graphs
ISBN-13
978-1-4422-2651-7 (9781442226517)
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Person
Kirby Goidel is the Scripps Howard Professor of Mass Communication, and former Director of the Public Policy Research Lab at Louisiana State University and a co-editor of the journal Survey Practice, sponsored by the American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR).
Content
Introduction: We Are the Problem
Chapter 1: Constitutional Design and Democracy
Chapter 2: Political Psychology and Democratic Competence
Chapter 3: Political Inequality and Campaign Finance
Chapter 4: The News Media, New Media, and Democracy
Chapter 5: Gridlock and American Political Institutions
Chapter 6: Do No Harm
Chapter 7: America's Recovery Plan
Chapter 1: Constitutional Design and Democracy
Chapter 2: Political Psychology and Democratic Competence
Chapter 3: Political Inequality and Campaign Finance
Chapter 4: The News Media, New Media, and Democracy
Chapter 5: Gridlock and American Political Institutions
Chapter 6: Do No Harm
Chapter 7: America's Recovery Plan
