A collection of essays by leading scholars contemplating the future of American democracy.

Former congressman Browder is worried that the current trends of American democracy might result in a "Union of Socialist States of America" or worse. He sugges

At the heart of this book is the idea that President Trump’s governing style has been a prelude to the semi-democratic authoritarian government that could tak

Unless Americans prove themselves willing to be as open-minded about the institutional arrangements of the country as they have been about almost everything els

Do politicians listen to the public? When? How often? Or are the views of the public manipulated and used strategically by elites? In this text, leading scholar