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
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