{"product_id":"we-need-more-parties-paperback","title":"We Need More Parties - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLee Drutman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican democracy is broken, but partisanship alone is not to blame. Political scientist Lee Drutman places our two-party system instead at the center of the American democratic crisis. Of course, partisan conflict plays a role, forcing voters to choose between a party that they might dislike and another that is far worse. But the two party system creates this corrosive dynamic. And the results of this system are dire: more partisan division, low political legitimacy, and high citizen disaffection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is how democracies crumble. The way to save democracy, Drutman argues, is to create more and better political parties through electoral reform and fusion voting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Need More Parties\u003c\/i\u003e features responses to Drutman from Working Families Party national director Maurice Mitchell, political scientists Daniel Schlozman \u0026amp; Sam Rosenfeld, political theorist and former candidate for Massachusetts governor Danielle Allen, and others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe issue also includes essays on American democracy and the question of political legitimacy: Project 2025 and abuses of executive power, the anointing of J. D. Vance and the liberal embrace of \"reasonable conservatives\", the politics of grief in rural America, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors: Tabatha Abu El-Haj, Danielle Allen, Deepak Bhargava, Elizabeth Catte, Kevin Donovan, Lee Drutman, James Goodwin, Arianna Jim?nez, Josh Lerner, Cerin Lindgrensavage, Bob Master, Maurice Mitchell, Joel Rogers, Sam Rosenfeld, Daniel Schlozman, Doran Schrantz, Ian Shapiro, Honora Spicer, Sunaura Taylor, Grant Tudor, Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, and David Walsh\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725254135871,"sku":"9781946511898","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9931229088483607b8ffb6d3f445deed.webp?v=1765105815","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/we-need-more-parties-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}