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They don't represent us : reclaiming our democracy
- Title
- They don't represent us : reclaiming our democracy / Lawrence Lessig.
- Author
- Lessig, Lawrence
- Publication
- New York, NY : Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow, [2019]
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Details
- Description
- xv, 334 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In the vein of On Tyranny and How Democracies Die, the bestselling author of Republic, Lost argues that our democracy no longer represents us and shows that reform is both necessary and possible"--
- Lessig believes that along many dimensions, a single flaw-- unrepresentativeness-- has detached our government from the people. Our fractured partisanship and ignorance on critical issues drive our leaders to stake out ever more extreme positions. Here he charts the way in which the fundamental institutions of our democracy, including our media, respond to narrow interests rather than to the needs and wishes of the nation's citizenry. Lessig shows that "We the people" are increasingly uninformed about the issues, while political polling reflects and normalizes our ignorance, feeding it back into the system as representative of our will. -- adapted from jacket
- Subjects
- United States
- Political participation
- Democracy
- Political participation > United States
- Politics and government
- United States > Politics and government > 21st century
- Democracy > United States
- Polarization (Social sciences) > United States
- 2000-2099
- Political parties > United States
- Representative government and representation > United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Flaws. The unrepresentative "them" ; The unrepresentive us -- Fixes. Fixing them ; Fixing us ; What "fixed" would get us -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Reformers.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-2275
- ISBN
- 9780062945716
- 0062945718
- LCCN
- 2019012884
- 40029601293
- 40029597681
- OCLC
- 1085162815
- Author
- Lessig, Lawrence, author.
- Title
- They don't represent us : reclaiming our democracy / Lawrence Lessig.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow, [2019]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 2000-2099
- Other Form:
- Online version: Lessig, Lawrence. They don't represent us. [New York] : Dey Street Books, [2019]. 9780062945730 (DLC) 2019981079
- Other Standard Identifier
- 4002960129340029597681
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-2275