The tyranny of the two-party system /

Democrats and Republicans: is this duopoly an immutable and indispensable aspect of American democracy? In this text Lisa Jane Disch argues that it is not. This is an impassioned and eloquent argument in favour of third parties.

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Disch, Lisa Jane (Autor)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: New York : Columbia University Press [2002]
coleção:Power, conflict, and democracy.
Acesso em linha:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/disc11034
Sumário:
  • Introduction: The tyranny of the two-party system
  • Chapter 1: The politics of electoral fusion, 1994-1997
  • Chapter 2: The politics of the two-party system
  • Chapter 3: The two-party system genealogy of a catchphrase
  • Chapter 4: The two-party system and the ideology of process
  • Chapter 5: Oppositional democracy and the promise of electoral fusion
  • Conclusion: Against the tyranny of the two-party system.