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Drutman, Lee, 1976-
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Political parties -- United States.
Democracy -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
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Drutman, Lee, 1976-
Political parties -- United States.
Democracy -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
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Breaking
the
two-party
doom
loop
: the
case
for
multiparty
democracy
in
America
/ Lee Drutman.
by
Drutman, Lee, 1976-
Oxford University Press, 2020.
Call #:
324.273 D797b
Subjects
Political parties -- United States.
Democracy
-- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
ISBN:
9780190913854 (hc.)
Description:
357 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-345) and index.
Summary:
"American
democracy
is at an impasse. After years of zero-sum partisan trench warfare, our political institutions are deteriorating. Our norms are collapsing. Democrats and Republicans no longer merely argue; they cut off contact with each other. In short, the
two-party
system is
breaking
our
democracy
, and driving us all crazy. Deftly weaving together history, democratic theory, and cutting edge political science research, Drutman tells the story of how American politics became so toxic, why the country is trapped in a
doom
loop
of escalating
two-party
warfare, and why it is destroying the shared sense of fairness and legitimacy on which
democracy
depends. He argues that the only way out is to have more partisanship-more parties, to short-circuit the zero-sum nature of binary partisan conflict. American
democracy
was once stable because the two parties held within them multiple factions, which made it possible to assemble flexible majorities and kept the temperature of political combat from overheating. But as conservative Southern Democrats and liberal Northeastern Republicans disappeared, partisan conflict flattened and pulled apart. Once the parties fully separated, toxic partisanship took over. With the two parties divided over competing visions of national identity, Democrats and Republicans no longer see each other as opponents, but as enemies. And the more the conflict escalates, the shakier our
democracy
feels.
Breaking
the
Two-Party
Doom
Loop
makes a compelling
case
for large scale electoral reform-importantly, reform not requiring a constitutional amendment-that would give
America
more parties, making American
democracy
more representative, more responsive, and ultimately more stable."--From publisher.
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