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Author Wilson, James Lindley, 1980- author.

Title Democratic equality / James Lindley Wilson
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Foundations. Equality as a Social Ideal -- Political Equality -- Conception. Against Equal Power -- Democratic Authority and Appropriate Consideration -- Elections and Fair Representation -- Democratic Deliberation -- Institutions. Unequal Voting: The US Senate and Electoral College -- Proportional Representation -- Racial Vote Dilution and Gerrymandering -- Oligarchic Threats -- Judicial Review
Summary This book explains why the US Senate and Electoral College are urgently in need of reform, why proportional representation is not a universal requirement of democracy, how to identify racial vote dilution and gerrymandering in electoral districting, how to respond to threats to democracy posed by wealth inequality, and how judicial review could be more compatible with the democratic ideal
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 26, 2019)
Subject Democracy.
Equality.
Welfare state.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
Democracy
Equality
Welfare state
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780691194141
0691194149