America's failing experiment : how we the people have become the problem / Kirby Goidel.

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Americaђة́s 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 co-editor of the Journal Survey Practice, Kirby Goidel makes the provocative claim that our...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goidel, Robert K., 1967-
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
Subjects:
Democracy > United States > Citizen participation.
Political participation > United States.
Political culture > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 21st century.
Physical Description:viii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : we are the problem
  • Constitutional design and democracy
  • Political psychology and democratic competence
  • Why we vote for economic inequality
  • The news media, new media, and democracy
  • Gridlock and American political institutions
  • First do no harm
  • America's recovery plan
  • Conclusions.