@article{1481181,
      author = {Hogan, Thor,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1481181},
      title = {Closing the urban-rural power divide : envisioning a  United city-States of America /},
      abstract = {This book proposes a radical reorganization of political  and electoral power to address the current political  imbalance between urban and rural populations in the United  States. Hogan argues that, despite being smaller in  population, a financialist-ruralist coalition has  effectively used the Constitutionespecially equal  representation in the Senateto create an anti-urban  vetocracy. This political imbalance protects the interests  of the financial elite and rural cultural conservatives,  while effectively blocking urban interests, particularly  regarding the adoption of a broad range of structural  reforms and progressive policy preferences. By re-dividing  many of the largest federated states into smaller  city-states, the book posits, the United States would  reduce the ability of non-urban interests to control the  Senate. This would allow an empowered urbanite alliance to  pass the forward-looking legislation the nation needs to  remain internationally competitive in the coming decades.  Thor Hogan is a Professor of Politics and Environmental  Sustainability at Earlham College, USA.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34063-5},
      recid = {1481181},
      pages = {1 online resource},
}