The Resource Kill switch : the rise of the modern Senate and the crippling of American democracy, Adam Jentleson
Kill switch : the rise of the modern Senate and the crippling of American democracy, Adam Jentleson
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- Summary
- "An insider's account of how politicians representing a radical minority of Americans are using "the greatest deliberative body in the world" to hijack our democracy. Every major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears the stamp of the US Senate, yet the Senate allows an almost exclusively white, predominantly male, and radically conservative minority of the American electorate to impose its will on the rest of us. How did we get to this point? In Kill Switch, Adam Jentleson argues that shifting demographics alone cannot explain how Mitch McConnell harnessed the Senate and turned it into a powerful weapon of minority rule. As Jentleson shows, since the 1950s, a free-flowing body of relative equals has devolved into a rigidly hierarchical, polarized institution, with both Democrats and Republicans to blame. The current GOP has merely used the methods pioneered by its predecessors, though to newly extreme ends. In a work for readers of How Democracies Die and even Master of the Senate, Jentleson makes clear that, without a reevaluation of Senate practices-starting with ending the filibuster-we face the prospect of permanent minority rule in America."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 325 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: The little harm thesis
- Rise of the filibuster. Birth of a notion ; "Victorious in the midst of unbroken defeats" ; Dawn of the supermajority ; An idea whose time has come
- Tyranny of the minority. The superminority ; Outside in ; Means of control ; What it takes ; The uniter
- Conclusion: How to save the Senate
- Isbn
- 9781631497773
- Label
- Kill switch : the rise of the modern Senate and the crippling of American democracy
- Title
- Kill switch
- Title remainder
- the rise of the modern Senate and the crippling of American democracy
- Statement of responsibility
- Adam Jentleson
- Subject
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- Filibusters (Political science)
- Filibusters (Political science) -- United States
- Politics and government
- Proportional representation
- Proportional representation -- United States
- Representative government and representation
- Democracy
- Since 1945
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
- United States, Congress | Senate
- United States, Congress | Senate
- Representative government and representation -- United States
- Democracy -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "An insider's account of how politicians representing a radical minority of Americans are using "the greatest deliberative body in the world" to hijack our democracy. Every major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears the stamp of the US Senate, yet the Senate allows an almost exclusively white, predominantly male, and radically conservative minority of the American electorate to impose its will on the rest of us. How did we get to this point? In Kill Switch, Adam Jentleson argues that shifting demographics alone cannot explain how Mitch McConnell harnessed the Senate and turned it into a powerful weapon of minority rule. As Jentleson shows, since the 1950s, a free-flowing body of relative equals has devolved into a rigidly hierarchical, polarized institution, with both Democrats and Republicans to blame. The current GOP has merely used the methods pioneered by its predecessors, though to newly extreme ends. In a work for readers of How Democracies Die and even Master of the Senate, Jentleson makes clear that, without a reevaluation of Senate practices-starting with ending the filibuster-we face the prospect of permanent minority rule in America."--
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- Jentleson, Adam
- Dewey number
- 328.73/071
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JK1161
- LC item number
- .J46 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- Representative government and representation
- Proportional representation
- Democracy
- Filibusters (Political science)
- Democracy
- Filibusters (Political science)
- Politics and government
- Proportional representation
- Representative government and representation
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Kill switch : the rise of the modern Senate and the crippling of American democracy, Adam Jentleson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-300) and index
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The little harm thesis -- Rise of the filibuster. Birth of a notion ; "Victorious in the midst of unbroken defeats" ; Dawn of the supermajority ; An idea whose time has come -- Tyranny of the minority. The superminority ; Outside in ; Means of control ; What it takes ; The uniter -- Conclusion: How to save the Senate
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 325 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631497773
- Lccn
- 2020042077
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1198990339
- Label
- Kill switch : the rise of the modern Senate and the crippling of American democracy, Adam Jentleson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-300) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The little harm thesis -- Rise of the filibuster. Birth of a notion ; "Victorious in the midst of unbroken defeats" ; Dawn of the supermajority ; An idea whose time has come -- Tyranny of the minority. The superminority ; Outside in ; Means of control ; What it takes ; The uniter -- Conclusion: How to save the Senate
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 325 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631497773
- Lccn
- 2020042077
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1198990339
Subject
- Filibusters (Political science)
- Filibusters (Political science) -- United States
- Politics and government
- Proportional representation
- Proportional representation -- United States
- Representative government and representation
- Democracy
- Since 1945
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
- United States, Congress | Senate
- United States, Congress | Senate
- Representative government and representation -- United States
- Democracy -- United States
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