Why Vote?: Essential Questions About the Future of Elections in America

by Daniel M. Shea

Book Overview

For nearly 200 years, Americans have pinned the democratic character of their system on elections. In many ways, we have become an election-crazed nation, ever-hoping that the next grand contest or the next great candidate will save the day. But tectonic shifts abound - changes that are distorting the nature of the process. From the rise of fear-centered partisanship, new limits on voter access to the polls, the omnipotence of social media, declining...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113861792X
• ISBN13: 9781138617926
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"