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The Parties Versus The People
Mickey Edwards
How to Turn Republicans and Democrats into Americans
Yale University Press
September 2012
On Sale: August 27, 2012
240 pages ISBN: 0300184565 EAN: 9780300184563 Kindle: B008X8L4OW Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Political
America's political system is dysfunctional. While this is a
widely held view, it is a problem that - so far - has proved
intractable. After every election voters discover yet again
that political "leaders" aren't leading. Instead they are
simply quarreling in a never-ending battle between the two
warring tribes, the Republicans and Democrats. In this
critically important book, a distinguished statesman and
thinker identifies exactly how our political and governing
systems reward intransigence, discourage compromise, and
indeed undermine our democracy. He then describes exactly
what must be done to banish the negative effects of partisan
warfare from our political system. As a former Congressman,
Mickey Edwards witnessed firsthand how important legislative
battles can devolve into struggles not over principle but
over party advantage. He offers graphic examples of how this
problem has intensified and reveals how political battles in
the Obama era have become nothing more than conflicts
between party machines. Edwards'solutions - specific,
practical, fair, and original - show the way to break the
stranglehold of the political party system. The "Parties
Versus the People" offers hope for a fundamental renewal of
American democracy.
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