The cure for our broken political process
Subtitle: how we can get our politicians to resolve the issues tearing our country apart
By: Sol Erdman & Lawrence Susskind.
Contributors: Susskind, Lawrence.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781597972697
Subjects: Political participation -- United States; Politicians -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Politics at its best; title: How do outsiders solve problems that politicians won't?; title: How to resolve any issue-as well as humanly possible; title: Could politicians negotiate the best solutions?; title: Why our lawmakers betray us; title: Each lawmaker's predicament: whom do I represent?; title: How did American politics get so dysfunctional?; title: Each district as diverse as the whole USA; title: Why do most voters feel so powerless?; title: While most of us sleep, Congress does its worst; title: Does the current system threaten our survival?; title: Big changes can happen; title: How to get politicians we can believe in; title: Make each representative accountable, for real; title: How ideologically diverse do we want our politicians to be?; title: Cementing the bond between citizens and lawmakers; title: Answering skeptics; title: How America could reach consensus; title: Practical first steps; title: A decade from now: our rejuvenated democracy.