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THE PARTIES VERSUS THE PEOPLE
By: 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
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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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