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The Seventeen Issues
Introduction
Democratic Theory
How to Evaluate Democracies
Congress
1. Big Business Dominates Lobbying
2. Unrepresentative Senate
3. Sep. of Powers: Built-in Gridlock
4. The Filibuster
The Supreme Court
5. Unaccountable Power for Life
6. The Problem of Judicial Review
Elections
7. Private Money in Campaigns
8. Gerrymandering
9. Outmoded Electoral College
10. The Two-Party Duopoly
11. Voter Turnout Problems
12. Winner-Take-All Elections
The Presidency
13. Excessive Presidential Power
The Constitution
14. Its Undemocratic Origins
15. Falling Behind in Human Rights
16. The Drawbacks of Federalism
17. Our Frozen Constitution
Conclusion
Conclusion: Doom vs. Hope
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Seventeen Ways America is Less Democratic than other Major Western Countries and How We Can Do Better
A web project of Douglas J. Amy, Professor Emeritus of Politics, Mount Holyoke College
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