Author: Guy S. Goodwin-Gill
Publisher: Inter-Parliamentary Union
ISBN: 9291422770
Category : Election law
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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Author: Eric Bjornlund
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
ISBN: 0801880483
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 407

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Author: N. C. Steytler
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Author: Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya
Publisher:
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Category : Elections
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Author: Dennis F. Thompson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226797649
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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The 2000 election showed that the mechanics of voting such as ballot design, can make a critical difference in the accuracy and fairness of our elections. But as Dennis F. Thompson shows, even more fundamental issues must be addressed to insure that our electoral system is just. Thompson argues that three central democratic principles—equal respect, free choice, and popular sovereignty—underlie our electoral institutions, and should inform any assessment of the justice of elections. Although we may all endorse these principles in theory, Thompson shows that in practice we disagree about their meaning and application. He shows how they create conflicts among basic values across a broad spectrum of electoral controversies, from disagreements about term limits and primaries to disputes about recounts and presidential electors. To create a fair electoral system, Thompson argues, we must deliberate together about these principles and take greater control of the procedures that govern our elections. He demonstrates how applying the principles of justice to electoral practices can help us answer questions that our electoral system poses: Should race count in redistricting? Should the media call elections before the polls close? How should we limit the power of money in elections? Accessible and wide ranging, Just Elections masterfully weaves together the philosophical, legal, and political aspects of the electoral process. Anyone who wants to understand the deeper issues at stake in American elections and the consequences that follow them will need to read it. In answering these and other questions, Thompson examines the arguments that citizens and their representatives actually use in political forums, congressional debates and hearings, state legislative proceedings, and meetings of commissions and local councils. In addition, the book draws on a broad range of literature: democratic theory, including writings by Madison, Hamilton, and Tocqueville, and contemporary philosophers, as well as recent studies in political science, and work in election law.

Author: Michael D. Boda
Publisher: Inter-Parliamentary Union
ISBN: 9291422657
Category : Election monitoring
Languages : en
Pages : 114

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Author: Edna A. Co
Publisher: Ateneo University Press
ISBN: 9789715350297
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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This book critically examines two indicators of Philippine democracy, namely, elections and political parties. It looks closely at the democratic principles and values of participation, authorization, representation, accountability, transparency, responsiveness, and solidarity as these coalesce into the Philippine electoral institutions. The assessment powerfully scrutinizes these universal principles of democracy as they are embedded in a complex web of politics and culture, which makes reforms challenging indeed. Democrats and scholars of democracy will find this book worthwhile.

Author: Michael Krennerich
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783801206147
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Author: John Fund
Publisher: Encounter Books
ISBN: 1641772093
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 197

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Behind the deeply contentious 2020 election stands a real story of a broken election process. Election fraud that alters election outcomes and dilutes legitimate votes occurs all too often, as is the bungling of election bureaucrats. Our election process is full of vulnerabilities that can be — and are — taken advantage of, raising questions about, and damaging public confidence in, the legitimacy of the outcome of elections. This book explores the reality of the fraud and bureaucratic errors and mistakes that should concern all Americans and offers recommendations and solutions to fix those problems.

Author: Abigail M. Thernstrom
Publisher: A E I Press
ISBN: 9780844742724
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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n this provocative book, Abigail Thernstrom argues that southern resistance to black political power began a process by which the act was radically revised both for good and ill. Congress, the courts, and the Justice Department altered the statute to ensure the election of blacks and Hispanics to legislative bodies ranging from school boards and county councils to the U.S. Congress.