Closing the Urban-Rural Power Divide: Envisioning a United City-States of America - Couverture rigide

Hogan, Thor

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3031340620 ISBN 13 : 9783031340628

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

Synopsis

This book proposes a radical reorganization of political and electoral power to address the current political imbalance between urban and rural populations in the United States. Hogan argues that, despite being smaller in population, a "financialist-ruralist coalition" has effectively used the Constitution--especially equal representation in the Senate--to create an anti-urban "vetocracy." This political imbalance protects the interests of the financial elite and rural cultural conservatives, while effectively blocking urban interests, particularly regarding the adoption of a broad range of structural reforms and progressive policy preferences. By re-dividing many of the largest federated states into smaller city-states, the book posits, the United States would reduce the ability of non-urban interests to control the Senate. This would allow an empowered urbanite alliance to pass the forward-looking legislation the nation needs to remain internationally competitive in the coming decades.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Thor Hogan is a Professor of Politics and Environmental Sustainability at Earlham College, USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3031340620
• ISBN 13: 9783031340628
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 263
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