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BL
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981962
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b736332
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| Main Entry
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Smith, Raymond A.,1967-
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| Title & Author
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Importing democracy : : ideas from around the world to reform and revitalize American politics and government /\ Raymond A. Smith.
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| Publication Statement
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :: Praeger,, ©2010.
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| Series Statement
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New trends and ideas in American politics
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xviii, 244 pages).
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| ISBN
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0313363382
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: 9780313363382
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0313363374
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9780313363375
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Adopt proportional representation: highlighting ideas from Italy -- Move toward a multiparty system: highlighting ideas from Germany -- Establish runoff elections for executive offices: highlighting ideas from Chile -- Abolish the electoral college: highlighting ideas from Argentina -- Simplify and shorten the electoral process: highlighting ideas from Great Britain -- Advance minorities and women in elected office: highlighting ideas from Belgium -- Introduce compulsory voting: highlighting ideas from Brazil -- Institute a system of national referenda: highlighting ideas from Switzerland -- Allow "removal for cause" of the president: highlighting ideas from Canada -- Abolish the vice presidency: highlighting ideas from Mexico -- Hold special presidential elections: highlighting ideas from France -- Add elected officers to the executive: highlighting ideas from Iceland -- Rein in the president's legislative and judicial powers: highlighting ideas from Turkey -- Synchronize the terms of Congress and the president: highlighting ideas from the Netherlands -- Weaken the Senate: highlighting ideas from India -- Depoliticize the creation of congressional districts: highlighting ideas from Japan / co-authored with Brandon L.H. Aultman -- Allow legislative overrides of judicial opinions: highlighting ideas from New Zealand -- Empower courts to issue advisory opinions: highlighting ideas from Bulgaria / co-authored with Brandon L.H. Aultman -- Add social and economic protections to the constitution: highlighting ideas from South Africa -- Streamline the constitutional amendment process: highlighting ideas from Australia -- Call a constitutional convention: highlighting ideas from the Philippines -- Appendixes -- 1. Key excerpts from the constitution of the United States of America -- 2. The presidential and parliamentary systems: a comparison.
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Democratization-- United States.
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Democratization.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- National.
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Politics and government
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United States, Politics and government.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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320.973
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| LC Classification
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JK1726.S65 2010eb
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