03827cam a2200553 i 4500 119509 119509 22522506 BJBSDDR 20230805181439.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 220425s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng d 2021279192 9780062945716 0062945718 (OCoLC)on1246318831 IG$ eng IG$ rda OCLCO BDX OCLCF OCLCQ DLC eng lccopycat n-us--- JK 1726 L639t 2019 320.973 Lessig, Lawrence, 519 1961- They don't represent us : reclaiming our democracy / Lawrence Lessig. They do not represent us New York, NY : Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow, 2019 xv, 334 pages ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Part I. Flaws -- The unrepresentative "them" -- The unrepresentative us -- Part II. Fixes -- Fixing them -- Fixing us -- What "fixed" would get us -- Conclusion -- Afterword. "In the vein of On Tyranny and How Democracies Die, the bestselling author of Republic, Lost argues that our democracy no longer represents us and shows that reform is both necessary and possible"-- Provided by publisher "In the vein of On Tyranny and How Democracies Die, the bestselling author of Republic, Lost argues with insight and urgency that our democracy no longer represents us and shows that reform is both necessary and possible. America's democracy is in crisis. Along many dimensions, a single flaw--unrepresentativeness--has detached our government from the people. And as a people, our fractured partisanship and ignorance on critical issues drive our leaders to stake out ever more extreme positions. In They Don't Represent Us, Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig charts the way in which the fundamental institutions of our democracy, including our media, respond to narrow interests rather than to the needs and wishes of the nation's citizenry. But the blame does not only lie with "them"--Washington's politicians and power brokers, Lessig argues. The problem is also "us." "We the people" are increasingly uninformed about the issues, while ubiquitous political polling exacerbates the problem, reflecting and normalizing our ignorance and feeding it back into the system as representative of our will. A soul-searching and incisive examination of our failing political culture, this nonpartisan call to arms speaks to every citizen, offering a far-reaching platform for reform that could save our democracy and make it work for all of us."--Publisher's description Democracy United States. Representative government and representation United States. Political participation United States. Political parties United States. Polarization (Social sciences) United States. Democracia 2833 Estados Unidos Gobierno representativo 412 Estados Unidos Participación política 413 Estados Unidos Partidos políticos 286 Estados Unidos Polarización (Ciencias sociales) 1375 Estados Unidos United States Politics and government 21st century. Estados Unidos 9958 Política y gobierno Siglo XXI 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-05-23 0 JK 1726 L639t 2019 00000163240 2023-05-23 00:00:00 1 2023-05-23 BK