The Majoritarian Solution

The Majoritarian Solution finds the common root of America's recent lack of participatory spirit, productivity, and economic competitiveness in a now-little-known but well-documented procedural gap, having to do with the selection of top leadership in the 1787 Constitution of the United States. This book describes the problem, places it in historic and comparative perspective, and proposes a way in which the nation's flagging democratic resolve can be re-kindled. The alleged enormous benefit of a more widely representative and accountable U.S. foreign policy is, in particular, highlighted. Contents: IntroductionThe Argument Raised; AmericaThe Balanced System, On Paper; AmericaThe New Corporatist State; Societies and Natural History; The Soviet ExperimentA Double Bind; The International Relations Level; Regaining Our Balance.^R