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Real choices/new voices : the case for proportional representation elections in the United States
- Title
- Real choices/new voices : the case for proportional representation elections in the United States / Douglas J. Amy.
- Author
- Amy, Douglas J.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | JF1075.U6 A49 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 278 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Amy persuasively argues that plurality rules are unfair, outmoded, and undemocratic and that the United States should adopt a different electoral system--proportional representation--by which officials are elected in large, multimember districts according to the proportion of the vote won by their parties. <p> Amy makes the case that American politics can be re-energized by adopting proportional representation, the method by which most Western democracies vote. . . . 'It is time for this debate to begin,' Mr. Amy believes. This book could help begin it. (New York Times Book Review) </p><p>
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-267) and index.
- Contents
- Fair representation for all -- Eradicating gerrymandering -- Encouraging issue-oriented campaigns -- Breaking the two-party monopoly -- Electing more women -- Fair representation for racial and ethnic minorities -- Encouraging voter turnout -- Objections to proportional representation -- Versions of PR for the United States -- The political prospects for PR in the United States.
- ISBN
- 0231081545
- 9780231081542
- 0231081553
- 9780231081559
- LCCN
- 92046631
- OCLC
- ocm27186528
- 27186528
- SCSB-1998462
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library