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Real Choices/New Voices
Douglas J. Amy
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Description for Real Choices/New Voices
Paperback. Douglas J. Amy 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 multimember districts according to the proportion of the vote won by their parties. Num Pages: 288 pages, 34 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
There is a growing realization that many of the problems afflicting American elections can be traced to the electoral system itself, in particular to our winner-take-all approach to electing officials. Douglas Amy demonstrates that switching to proportional representation elections-the voting system used in most other Western democracies, by which officials are elected in large, multimember districts according to the proportion of the vote won by their parties-would enliven democratic political debate, increase voter choice and voter turnout, ensure fair representation for third parties and minorities, eliminate wasted votes and "spoliers," and ultimately produce policies that better reflect the public will. ... Read more
There is a growing realization that many of the problems afflicting American elections can be traced to the electoral system itself, in particular to our winner-take-all approach to electing officials. Douglas Amy demonstrates that switching to proportional representation elections-the voting system used in most other Western democracies, by which officials are elected in large, multimember districts according to the proportion of the vote won by their parties-would enliven democratic political debate, increase voter choice and voter turnout, ensure fair representation for third parties and minorities, eliminate wasted votes and "spoliers," and ultimately produce policies that better reflect the public will. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231125499
SKU
V9780231125499
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About Douglas J. Amy
Douglas Amy is professor of politics at Mount Holyoke College. He lives in Northampton, MA.
Reviews for Real Choices/New Voices
Douglas Amy has written a very important book showing how fundamental election reform that involves European-style proportional representation would create 'a different and better kind of democracy' in the United States.
Lani Guinier Amy's book may be the best of the genre... Amy's coverage of these issues [of election systems] is well articulated and nicely organized, and for those ... Read more
Lani Guinier Amy's book may be the best of the genre... Amy's coverage of these issues [of election systems] is well articulated and nicely organized, and for those ... Read more