Introduction : Happier birthdays, better parties -- Part 1. How we got here. The third constitutional crisis -- The third-party dilemma -- Constitutional gridlock: How a system we managed for two centuries suddenly went off the rails -- The end of trust: Experts, the government, and the media -- Part 2. The world tour. The European tour: England, France, and Germany -- Democratic variations: Israel, Taiwan, Brazil, and Venezuela -- Part 3. Three amendments that will fix our broken system. Reinventing the House of Representatives: More voices, more parties, more power -- Reinventing presidential elections: The art of coalition politics -- Reinventing presidential removal: How "no confidence" instills confidence -- Part 4. The politics of ratification and envisioning parliamentary America. Achieving coalition governance: The politics of passing these amendments -- Parliamentary America: Toward better politics, further reforms, and a civil society -- Conclusion: From "We the People" to "We the framers."
Summary:
"This work identifies our two-party, comparatively non-representative form of democracy as the main culprit of why American politics are so dysfunctional-and shows us how to fix it"-- Provided by publisher.
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