Ebook: Parties Versus the People: How to Turn Republicans and Democrats into Americans

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I: Partisan Poison; ONE: American Tribalism; TWO: The Disappearing Dream; PART II: Reforming the Election System; THREE: Reclaiming Our Democracy; FOUR: Drawing a Line in the Sand; FIVE: The Money Stream; PART III: Reforming the Governing System; SIX: Government Leaders, Not Party Leaders; SEVEN: Debate and Democracy; EIGHT: Rearrange the Furniture; NINE: Rivals, Not Enemies; TEN: The Partisan Presidency; ELEVEN: Declarations of Independence; PART IV: A New Politics; TWELVE: Beyond Partisanship; THIRTEEN: The Way Forward.