A Defective Democracy: The Case of the United States

John Dreijmanis

Formerly Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100669                

Abstract

According to the six criteria of Wolfgang Merkel and Auriel Croissant to distinguish various political systems, the United States is a defective democracy, with increasing socio-economic inequality.

Keywords

Defective Democracy, Dominant Beliefs, Defects, United States, Gini Coefficient, Wolfgang Merkel, Auriel Croissant, Socio-Economic Inequality

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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