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Why hasn't the United States reformed the Electoral College system, and how can it best do so? To address these questions, Electoral College Reform: Challenges and Possibilities brings together new essays by law professors and political scientists examining the reasons for reform, the issues su...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bugh, Gary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT. : Ashgate Pub., ©2010.
Colección:Election law, politics, and theory.
Temas:
Electoral college > United States.
Election law > United States.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Collège électoral > États-Unis.
Gouvernement représentatif > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Election law
Electoral college
Representative government and representation
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Approaching electoral college reform / Gary E. Bugh
  • Representation in congressional efforts to amend the presidential election system / Gary E. Bugh
  • "Mere deception, a mere ignus fatus on the people of America" : lifting the veil on the electoral college / Michael T. Rogers
  • "If the manner of it be not perfect" : thinking through electoral college reform / Michael J. Korzi
  • Electoral college and democratic responsiveness / Jeffrey M. Stonecash
  • Challenge of contemporary electoral college reform / Gary E. Bugh
  • Systemic biases affecting congressional voting on electoral college reform / Mark J. McKenzie
  • Compact risk : some downsides to establishing national plurality presidential elections by contingent legislation / Brian J. Gaines
  • Exploring the difficulties of electoral college reform at the state level : Maine and Nebraska lead the way / James P. Melcher
  • Comparative presidential selection : a cautionary tale / Jody C. Baumgartner and Rhonda Evans Case
  • Lobbying the electoral college : the potential for chaos / Robert M. Alexander
  • Electoral college incentives and presidential actions : a case for reform? / Brenden J. Doherty
  • Current electoral college reform efforts among the states / Robert W. Bennett
  • Good, the better, the best : improving on the "acceptable" electoral college / Paul D. Schumaker
  • Pipe dream or possibility? : amending the U.S. constitution to achieve electoral reform / Burdett A. Loomis
  • Conclusion: Understanding electoral college reform / Gary E. Bugh.

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