001464951 000__ 02476nam\\2200589\i\4500 001464951 001__ 1464951 001464951 003__ MiAaPQ 001464951 005__ 20230702003423.0 001464951 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001464951 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 001464951 008__ 230624s2022\\\\ilu\\\\\o\\\\\001\0\eng\d 001464951 020__ $$z9780252044304 001464951 020__ $$a9780252053290 001464951 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC6887154 001464951 035__ $$a(Au-PeEL)EBL6887154 001464951 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1299388383 001464951 040__ $$aMiAaPQ$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cMiAaPQ$$dMiAaPQ 001464951 043__ $$an-us-il$$an-us--- 001464951 050_4 $$aF548.52$$b.S567 2022 001464951 0820_ $$a977.31104$$223 001464951 1001_ $$aSimpson, Dick W.,$$eauthor. 001464951 24510 $$aDemocracy's Rebirth :$$bThe View from Chicago /$$cDick Simpson ; foreword by Lori Lightfoot. 001464951 250__ $$aFirst edition. 001464951 264_1 $$aUrbana, Illinois :$$bUniversity of Illinois Press,$$c[2022] 001464951 264_4 $$c©2022 001464951 300__ $$a1 online resource (238 pages). 001464951 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001464951 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001464951 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001464951 500__ $$aIncludes index. 001464951 5050_ $$aCover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1 Challenges to Democracy -- Manifesto -- 2 The Rise and Fall of Democracy -- Machine Democracy in Chicago -- The American Republic -- Representative Democracy -- Lessons from the Past -- 3 Income and Racial Inequality -- Inequality Today -- Economic and Racial Inequality in Chicago -- Political Consequences -- Times of Crisis -- Overcoming Inequality -- 4 Money in Politics -- Regulating Money in Politics -- Cost of Elections -- Translating Campaign Giving into Government Influence -- Public Opinion -- Public Financing and Lobbying Restrictions -- Limiting the Effect of Money in Politics -- 5 Nonparticipation -- Control by Political Parties in Chicago -- City Government -- The 2019 Chicago Mayoral Election -- Representative Democracy -- Mass and Social Media -- Citizenship Today -- Voter Participation and the Turnout Gap -- What Is to Be Done? -- 6 Polarization and the Politics of Resentment -- Divisions in Chicago -- National Polarization -- Resentment -- Polarization in Elected Officials -- Dissatisfaction with Democracy -- Polarization in Chicago -- The 1977 Mayoral Succession -- The 1983 Election -- The 1987 Mayoral Succession -- The 2019 and 2020 Elections -- United We Stand -- 7 Corruption -- Level of Corruption -- An Egregious Case -- History of Corruption in Chicago and Illinois -- Corruption in the United States -- Institutional Corruption -- Curing Corruption -- 8 Structural Problems -- Broader Structural Problems -- The Electoral College -- Gerrymandering -- Term Limits -- Voter Suppression and Automatic Voter Registration -- Electoral Integrity and Electronic Voting -- Voting Systems -- An Undemocratic Congress -- Structural Barriers to Democracy in Chicago -- Election Dates -- Sham Candidates -- Judicial Elections -- The Need for Reform. 001464951 5058_ $$a9 Cascading Crises -- Black Lives Matter -- Chicago's Torture Machine -- Structural Racism -- The COVID-19 Pandemic -- Economic Recession -- The 2020 Presidential Election -- Insurrection and Attempted Coup -- The Effect of Crisis -- 10 Deliberative Democracy -- Neighborhood Government in Chicago -- Forty-Fourth Ward Government -- Participatory Budgeting -- Transition Team -- Issue Voting and Governing -- New England Town Meeting -- Jefferson's Ward System -- Making Congress Deliberative -- Legislative Juries -- Other Alternatives -- Our Divisions -- Constitutional Crisis and Constitutional Rot -- The Move to Deliberative Democracy -- 11 Spirit of Democracy -- Chicago's Rebirth -- A Democratic Movement for Change -- Solutions -- Civic Virtue -- Teaching Civic Engagement -- Democracies Do Die -- Political Action -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. 001464951 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001464951 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 001464951 650_0 $$aDemocracy$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y21st century. 001464951 650_0 $$aPolitical participation$$zIllinois$$zChicago$$xHistory$$y21st century. 001464951 651_0 $$aChicago (Ill.)$$xPolitics and government$$y21st century. 001464951 651_0 $$aChicago (Ill.)$$xSocial conditions$$y21st century. 001464951 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001464951 7001_ $$aLightfoot, Lori E.,$$ewriter of foreword. 001464951 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aSimpson, Dick W.$$tDemocracy's Rebirth : The View from Chicago.$$bFirst edition.$$dUrbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, c2022 $$z9780252044304 001464951 852__ $$bebk 001464951 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete $$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6887154$$zOnline Access 001464951 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1464951$$pGLOBAL_SET 001464951 980__ $$aBIB 001464951 980__ $$aEBOOK 001464951 982__ $$aEbook 001464951 983__ $$aOnline