Screen LibrarySplitsville USA : a democratic argument for breaking up the United States /
"Splitsville USA argues that it's time for us to break up to save representative democracy, proposing a mutually negotiated, peaceful dissolution of the current United States of America into several new nations. Zurn begins by examining the United States' democratic predicament, a roa...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2023. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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"Splitsville USA argues that it's time for us to break up to save representative democracy, proposing a mutually negotiated, peaceful dissolution of the current United States of America into several new nations. Zurn begins by examining the United States' democratic predicament, a road most likely headed for electoral authoritarianism, with distinct possibilities of ungovernability and violent civil strife. Unlike others who share this diagnosis, Zurn presents a realistic picture of how we can get to reform and what it would involve. It is argued that "Splitsville" represents the most plausible way for American citizens to continue living under a republican form of government. Despite recent talk of secession and civil war, this book offers the most extensive treatment yet of the issues we need to think through to enable a peacefully negotiated political divorce. Splitsville USA is a provocative conversation opener about the problems that have gotten us into our current political pickle and how to get out of it by seizing the reins of our own constitutional destiny. The book will appeal to readers of political science, American politics, history, political philosophy, and law, along with all general readers interested in the future of democracy in the United States"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 215 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781032429793 1032429798 9781032429809 1032429801 |
| Index Number: | JK311 |
| CLC: | D771.22 |
| Call Number: | D771.22/Z967 |
| Contents: | Prelude: Time for a US National Divorce -- Diagnosis: Democracy Imperiled -- Prescription: Splitsville USA -- Alternative Prescriptions? -- The Divorce Decree: Details of Negotiated Dissolution -- The Preamble's Broader Questions for Splitsville -- Authoring Our Own Destiny. |