Democracy's Rebirth

The View from Chicago

Dick Simpson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2022 | New edition
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-08638-0 (ISBN)

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Dick Simpson draws upon his fifty-year career as a legislator, campaign strategist, and government advisor to examine the challenges confronting Americans in their struggle to build the United States as a multiracial, multiethnic democracy. Using Chicago as an example, Simpson examines how the political, racial, economic, and social inequalities dividing the nation play out in our neighborhoods and cities. His investigation of our current crisis and its causes delves into issues like money in politics, low voter participation, the politics of resentment, political corruption, and a host of structural problems. But Democracy’s Rebirth goes beyond analysis. Simpson lays out a sober, practical manifesto meant to inspire people everywhere to educate themselves and do the hard work of creating the kind of strong institutions that will allow true democracy to flourish. With a foreword by Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot.

Dick Simpson is a professor, former head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a former Chicago alderman and congressional candidate. His books include Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality; Winning Elections in the 21st Century; and The Politics of Compassion and Transformation.

Foreword LORI LIGHTFOOT ix

1 Challenges to Democracy 1

2 The Rise and Fall of Democracy 7

3 Income and Racial Inequality 21

4 Money in Politics 43

5 Nonparticipation 61

6 Polarization and the Politics of Resentment 83

7 Corruption 105

8 Structural Problems 123

9 Cascading Crises 151

10 Deliberative Democracy 165

11 Spirit of Democracy 193

Acknowledgments 211

Notes 213

Index 243

Erscheinungsdatum	03.02.2022
Vorwort	Lori Lightfoot
Zusatzinfo	10 black & white photographs, 7 maps, 2 charts
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	426 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-252-08638-4 / 0252086384
ISBN-13	978-0-252-08638-0 / 9780252086380
Zustand	Neuware