Reflecting All of Us: The Case for Proportional Representation (New democracy forum): 1 - Softcover

Richie, Robert; Hill, Steven

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9780807044216: Reflecting All of Us: The Case for Proportional Representation (New democracy forum): 1

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ISBN 10: 0807044210 ISBN 13: 9780807044216

Publisher: Beacon Press, 1999

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In Reflecting All of Us, Robert Richie and Steven Hill listen to what the silent are saying. They argue that we need a new way of electing our representatives to combat voter apathy and the leveling of political views. Such a system already exists in many parts of the world, including places in the U.S.: proportional representation. Leading activists respond in essays that illustrate what our country could look like if all qualified citizens became voters, and if they all felt their votes contributed to more than just the winning or losing tallies.

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New Democracy Forum--About the Series
The New Democracy Forum is a series of short paperback originals exploring creative solutions to our most urgent national concerns.

The series editors, Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers, aim to foster politically engaged, intellectually honest, and morally serious conventional politics. The Forum provides a non-partisan, intellectually open atmosphere in which scholars, policymakers, and activists offer concrete proposals and critical responses. The brief format and modest price of these volumes are designed to ensure wide circulation and provoke debate throughout our communities, universities, and government.

"One of the few places today where serious discussion on our political alternatives is flourishing. An antidote to complacence and conventional wisdom, New Democracy Forum offers hope of revitalizing American political debate." --Michael Sandel, author of Democracy's Discontent

"New Democracy Forum operates at a level of literacy and responsibility which is all too rare in our time." --John Kenneth Galbraith

"New Democracy Forum is both lively and serious about ideas and politics. It manages to convey the sense that there are things to discuss, and the discussion is actually there." --Robert Solow, Nobel Laureate in Economics

From the Author:

This book is not just a theoretical discussion!
Thanks for your interest in "Reflecting All of Us." Steve Hill and I work with the Center for Voting and Democracy, which seeks to work with reformers around the country interested in implementing proportional representation voting systems and other reforms such as "instant runoff voting." If our book catches your attention, please consider contacting me. You might discover that there already are reformers seeking change in your city or state. Let's make the new decade one to remember for our democracy! Thanks, Rob Richie

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