{"product_id":"we-need-more-parties-9781946511898","title":"We Need More Parties","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmerican democracy is broken, but partisanship alone is not to blame. Political scientist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLee Drutman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e places our two-party system instead at the center of the American democratic crisis. Of course, partisan conflict plays a role, forcing voters to choose between a party that they might dislike and another that is far worse. But the two party system creates this corrosive dynamic. And the results of this system are dire: more partisan division, low political legitimacy, and high citizen disaffection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is how democracies crumble. The way to save democracy, Drutman argues, is to create more and better political parties through electoral reform and fusion voting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Need More Parties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e features responses to Drutman from Working Families Party national director \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaurice Mitchell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, political scientists \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDaniel Schlozman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u0026amp; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSam Rosenfeld\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, political theorist and former candidate for Massachusetts governor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDanielle Allen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe issue also includes essays on American democracy and the question of political legitimacy: Project 2025 and abuses of executive power, the anointing of J. D. Vance and the liberal embrace of \"reasonable conservatives”, the politics of grief in rural America, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors: Tabatha Abu El-Haj, Danielle Allen, Deepak Bhargava, Elizabeth Catte, Kevin Donovan, Lee Drutman, James Goodwin, Arianna Jiménez, Josh Lerner, Cerin Lindgrensavage, Bob Master, Maurice Mitchell, Joel Rogers, Sam Rosenfeld, Daniel Schlozman, Doran Schrantz, Ian Shapiro, Honora Spicer, Sunaura Taylor, Grant Tudor, Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, and David Walsh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Boston Review\/Boston Critic Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50578638111063,"sku":"9781946511898","price":16.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781946511898.jpg?v=1746100242","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/we-need-more-parties-9781946511898","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}