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Campaigns, Elections, and the Threat to Democracy: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2nd edition)
Campaigns, Elections, and the Threat to Democracy: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2nd edition)

Campaigns, Elections, and the Threat to Democracy: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2nd edition)

著者: 
Dennis W. Johnson
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すべての人に開かれた公正な選挙は、民主主義を構成する基本的要素であり、米国は、地方選挙、州選挙、国政選挙を通じて、世界のどの民主主義国家よりも多くの選挙を頻繁に実施しています。しかし、選挙運動はこの20年で大きく変化し、選挙システムが脆弱で攻撃されやすくなっていることが懸念されています。例えばソーシャルメディアなどと従来のメディア間での競争、地域のものであったはずの地方選挙が全国化していること、選挙資金法に関する最高裁判決が巨額の寄付者を奨励するものになったこと、有権者の二極化、無党派層の増加、そして中道的な思想が過激派や怒れる有権者に取って代わられていることなどが挙げられます。また、この16年間で2度、大統領選の勝者が対立候補より少ない得票数しか得られていないという事態も起きています。すべての市民が投票できる基本的な権利は、投票へのアクセスや身元確認を厳格化し、有権者の不正行為を告発する州議会によって妨げられてきました。そして、国政選挙に影響を及ぼす外国という脅威にも直面しています。
本書は選挙運動、選挙、そして投票と民主主義に対する将来の脅威について、最も新しい考察を提供するものです。2020年の米国大統領選挙、「Stop the Steal(選挙を盗むのはやめろ)」運動、選挙妨害や投票に対するサイバー脅威、郵便投票とそれに対する反発、投票改革と優先順位付投票制、「ゲリマンダー(特定の政党・候補者に有利な選挙区の区割り)」に関する最高裁2019年判決を取り上げています。また、投票率や不正、2020年国勢調査後の再配分、政党の分極化、選挙資金などについての新しいデータも掲載しています。選挙プロセスのもろさを踏まえた上で、健全な民主主義を脅かすものは一体何なのでしょうか。最も潤沢な資金力を持つ候補者が常に勝つのでしょうか。単に選挙運動のあり方について述べるのではなく、選挙運動と選挙が米国の民主主義にとって不可欠である理由、そしてそれらの基本的要素がいかに悪用されやすいかについて考察しています。
    

  • Written by the best known authority in the field of political consulting
  • Provides up-to-date objective and concise answers on campaigns and elections
  • Updated edition covers major campaign and election trends, including the 2020 US presidential election, the "Stop the Steal Movement", and the Supreme Court 2019 ruling on gerrymandering

    
Frequent and fair elections, open to all, are fundamental elements of a democracy. The United States, through its local, state, and national contests, holds more elections, more often, than any other democracy in the world. But in recent years, there have been troubling signs that our system of campaigns and elections has become much more fragile and vulnerable. More specifically, in the past twenty years, campaigns have changed profoundly: social media and viral messaging compete with traditional media, races once considered local in nature have become nationalized, Supreme Court decisions on campaign finance law now encourage mega-donors, voters are more polarized, party affiliation has waned, and the middle ideological ground has given way to extremist language and voter rage. Twice in sixteen years we have seen winning presidential candidates gaining fewer popular votes than their opponents. The fundamental right of every citizen to vote has been impeded by state legislatures demanding tighter access, more identification, and accusations of voter fraud. And we have faced the real threat of foreign influence in our national elections.
    
This new edition of Campaigns, Elections, and the Threat to Democracy: What Everyone Needs to Know® offers the most up-to-date examination of campaigns, elections, and future threats to voting and democracy. It addresses the 2020 US presidential election, the "Stop the Steal" movement, election interference and cyber threats to voting, voting by mail (and the backlash against it), voting reforms and ranked-choice voting, and the Supreme Court 2019 ruling on gerrymandering. It will also include new data on voter participation, voter fraud, reapportionment post-2020 census, party polarization, campaign finance, and more.
    
Given the fragility of our election process, what are the threats to a healthy American democracy? Do the candidates with the most money always win? This is not simply a book on how campaigns are run, but why campaigns and elections are integral components of American democracy and how those fundamental elements may be vulnerable to misuse.

目次: 

Preface to the Second Edition: Why You Need to Know About Campaigns, Elections, and the Threat to Democracy
Acknowledgments
   
1. Voting and Participation
2. Carving Out Legislative Districts
3. Political Parties and Elections
4. Statewide, Local, and Congressional Elections
5. Presidential Elections
6. The 2020 Presidential Election
7. The Big Lie and its Aftermath
8. Money, Mega-Donors, and Wide-Open Spending
9. Inner Workings of Modern Campaigns
10. Direct Democracy--Ballot Campaigns
11. How Campaigns Have Changed
12. Threats to Democracy
   
Notes
Further Reading
Index

著者について: 

Dennis W. Johnson is Professor Emeritus and former Associate Dean at the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management. He is also one of the country's foremost experts on campaigns and political consultants, and has written widely on campaigns and elections. Previously, Johnson spent a decade as a political consultant and served as a chief of staff for a member of Congress. He is the author of Democracy for Hire: A History of American Political Consulting.

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ISBN : 9780197641989

著者: 
Dennis W. Johnson
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272 ページ
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140 x 210 mm mm
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2022年10月
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Campaigns, Elections, and the Threat to Democracy: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2nd edition)

Campaigns, Elections, and the Threat to Democracy: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2nd edition)

Campaigns, Elections, and the Threat to Democracy: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2nd edition)