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Article Excerpt
You Call This an Election? America's Peculiar Democracy. By Steven E. Schier. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003. 166 pp.
You Call This an Election? is a slim volume that raises important philosophical questions about elections and democracy, and thus about political parties, interest groups, the media, political consultants, and the role and capacity of citizens. Steven Schier cites much of the classic and contemporary political science literature on democratic theory and electoral behavior as he provides concise summaries of important election laws, court rulings, controversial elections, and modern electoral developments. The heart of the book, however, is an analysis of what the author views as shortcomings of American elections and an examination of various reforms that would presumably remedy these. In the course of his argument, Schier...
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