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The Tyranny of the Two-Party System (Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics Into the 21st Century) by Lisa Jane Disch is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Tyranny of the Two-Party System (Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics Into the 21st Century) about?
Is the two-party system an immutable and indispensable aspect of our democracy? Disch maintains that it is not, arguing that the two-party system wastes the votes and silences the voices of dissenters. Disch argues in favor of reviving a once popular nineteenth century democratic strategy called "fusion" in which a dominant-party candidate typically ran on the ballots of both the established party and a third party in a general election. She concludes with an analysis of the 2000 presidential election as an object lesson in the tyranny of the two-party system and with suggestions for reform. The closely contested presidential election of 2000, which many analysts felt was decided by voters for the Green Party, cast a spotlight on a structural contradiction of American politics. Critics charged that Green Party voters inadvertently contributed to the election of a conservative Republican president because they chose to "vote their conscience" rather than "choose between two evils." But why this choice of two? Is the two-party system of Democrats and Republicans an immutable and indispensable aspect of our democracy? Lisa Disch maintains that it is not. There is no constitutional war
Who reads The Tyranny of the Two-Party System (Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics Into the 21st Century)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Lisa Jane Disch
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231110358
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Social Science, History
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