The Ten Pillars of American Democracy: Has the United States Become a Pseudo-Democracy?

ISBN-13: 9781433187377 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 322 str.

Michael Haas

Opis

Democracy is only sustainable if ten conditions are present. As these are in serious jeopardy today, the US has become a pseudo democracy. This book presents detailed analysis of how the pillars have fallen due to defects of the Constitution, socioeconomic inequality, voter ignorance and suppression, and six other conditions that are almost beyond remedy.

Recenzje

"Haas' capacious work catalogues recent cases of democratic dysfunction in America, demonstrating that the United States is now a 'pseudo-democracy.' The book offers a thorough description of this decline and is an important addition to the growing literature on democratic erosion and backsliding." -Robinson Woodward-Burns, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Howard University, and Author of Hidden Laws

Spis treści

Preface - The Dilemma of Democracy - Socioeconomic Pillar - Constitutional Pillar - Judicial Independence Pillar - Legislative Integrity Pillar - Election Integrity Pillar - Bureaucratic Independence Pillar - Presidential Civility Pillar - Civil Society Pillar - Informed Citizen Pillar - Democratic Ideology Pillar - Summary and Conclusion- Index.

O autorze

A graduate of Stanford and Yale, Michael Haas taught at Northwestern, Purdue, the University of California, the University of Hawai'i, and the University of London. He has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for advancing Korea's "sunshine" policy, civil rights in Hawai'i, and his support for a rules-based international order without war crimes impunity as well as supporting the Cambodian peace process.