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The cure for our broken political process, how we can get our politicians to resolve the issues tearing our country apart, Sol Erdman & Lawrence Susskind

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The cure for our broken political process, how we can get our politicians to resolve the issues tearing our country apart, Sol Erdman & Lawrence Susskind
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-199) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The cure for our broken political process
Medium
electronic resource eBook
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Responsibility statement
Sol Erdman & Lawrence Susskind
Sub title
how we can get our politicians to resolve the issues tearing our country apart
Table Of Contents
Politics at its best -- How do outsiders solve problems that politicians won't? -- How to resolve any issue-as well as humanly possible -- Could politicians negotiate the best solutions? -- Why our lawmakers betray us -- Each lawmaker's predicament : whom do I represent? -- How did American politics get so dysfunctional? -- Each district as diverse as the whole United States -- Why do most voters feel so powerless? -- While most of us sleep, Congress does its worst -- Does the current system threaten our survival? -- Big changes can happen -- How to get politicians we can believe in -- Make each representative accountable-- for real -- How ideologically diverse do we want our politicians to be? -- Cementing the bond between citizens and lawmakers -- Answering skeptics -- How America could reach consensus -- Practical first steps -- A decade from now : our rejuvenated democracy
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