10 Steps to Repair American Democracy
By Steven Hill; Hendrik Hertzberg (Foreword by)
(Polipoint Press, Paperback, 9780976062158, 233pp.)
Publication Date: March 2006
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback
Categories: Political Process - Elections
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Description
Choiceless elections. Suspicious voting equipment. Partisan election officials. Superficial political debate. American democracy is suffering through its worst crises in generations, and most Americans don t know what to do about it. Here, finally, is the plan 10 steps to repair American democracy.In his inspiring blueprint for renewing America, Hill makes a stirring call for national election standards, nonpartisan election officials, a voting day holiday, and other repairs to the nuts and bolts of our system. He takes it a step further, calling for the end of winner-take-all elections, fairer representation in the U.S. Senate, universal voter registration, public financing of elections, free air time for candidates, and new media regulations that will open up our politics and broaden political debate.Drawing upon the author 's 20 years of democracy advocacy, scholarship, and two previous books, "10 Steps to Repair American Democracy" outlines the looming problems with American elections and proposes ten specific reforms to reinvigorate our republic. It also includes a trenchant foreword by Hendrik Hertzberg, senior editor at "The New Yorker."
About the Author
HENDRIK HERTZBERG, a senior associate of the Joan Shorenstein Barone Center, covered the 1988 election campaign for The New Republic, where he was editor from 1981 until 1985. He was chief White House speechwriter under President Carter and is a former staff writer for The New Yorker.
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