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Democratic Equality /

This book explains why the US Senate and Electoral College are urgently in need of reform, why proportional representation is not a universal requirement of democracy, how to identify racial vote dilution and gerrymandering in electoral districting, how to respond to threats to democracy posed by we...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Wilson, James Lindley, 1980- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • Foundations. Equality as a Social Ideal
  • Political Equality
  • Conception. Against Equal Power
  • Democratic Authority and Appropriate Consideration
  • Elections and Fair Representation
  • Democratic Deliberation
  • Institutions. Unequal Voting: The US Senate and Electoral College
  • Proportional Representation
  • Racial Vote Dilution and Gerrymandering
  • Oligarchic Threats
  • Judicial Review.