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Sheehan, Jeanne.

American democracy in crisisthe case for rethinking Madisonian government /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	American democracy in crisisby Jeanne Sheehan.
Reminder of title:	the case for rethinking Madisonian government /
Author:	Sheehan, Jeanne.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2021.
Description:	xxxiii, 280 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	DemocracyUnited States.
Subject:	United States
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62281-7
ISBN:	9783030622817$q(electronic bk.)

American democracy in crisisthe case for rethinking Madisonian government /
Sheehan, Jeanne.

American democracy in crisisthe case for rethinking Madisonian government /[electronic resource] :by Jeanne Sheehan. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2021. - xxxiii, 280 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

1. The Dispersion of Power -- 2. A Republic - If You Can Keep It -- 3. 'Trias Politica' -- 4. A Most Unsure Grip -- 5. The Object of the Government or Systems Failure -- 6. A Necessary Evil -- 7. The Strategy of Majority Rule -- 8. A Failure to Act of What's Most Remarkable -- 9. Nothing Human Can Be Perfect: Constitutional Change and the Limits of the Remedies Thereafter -- 10. Restructuring by Rewriting or Towards a More Responsible Government -- 11. The 'Two Modes' - Proposal by Congress and 'The Other Way' -- 12. Return to First Solutions or Extra-Constitutional Means of Bridging the Divide.

Public disenchantment with and distrust of American government is at an all-time high and who can blame them? In the face of widespread challenges-everything from record levels of personal and national debt and the sky high cost of education, to gun violence, racial discrimination, an immigration crisis, overpriced pharmaceuticals, and much more-the government seems paralyzed and unable to act, the most recent example being Covid-19. It's the deadliest pandemic in over a century. In addition to an unimaginable sick and death toll, it has left more than thirty million Americans unemployed. Despite this, Washington let the first round of supplemental unemployment benefits run out and for more than a month were unable to agree on a bill to help those suffering. This book explains why we are in this situation, why the government is unable to respond to key challenges, and what we can do to right the ship. It requires that readers "upstream," stop blaming the individuals in office and instead look at the root cause of the problem. The real culprit is the system; it was designed to protect liberty and structured accordingly. As a result, however, it has left us with a government that is not responsive, largely unaccountable, and often ineffective. This is not an accident; it is by design. Changing the way our government operates requires rethinking its primary goal(s) and then restructuring to meet them. To this end, this book offers specific reform proposals to restructure the government and in the process make it more accountable, effective, and responsive. Jeanne Zaino is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Iona College, USA. She is the author of three previous books and appears regularly as a commentator in the national and international media. In addition to her teaching and research, she is currently serving as a political contributor at Bloomberg News. Research in the field of political science stretches into an impressive number of areas, but it seems that most examines the personal aspects of governing. Perhaps it is human nature to want to connect a face to a problem, but much of the recent scholarship has focused on how individual actors or political groups have influenced American politics. In this wonderful book, Jeanne Zaino makes the compelling argument that much of our national frustration with gridlock, polarization, and low levels of political efficacy are the fault of the very system that confounds us. -Alison Dagnes, Professor, Shippensburg University, USA.

ISBN: 9783030622817$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-62281-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

175340
Democracy
--United States.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

236377
United States

LC Class. No.: JK1726 / .S54 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 320.973

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